History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c2.1

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It is with mingled feelings that the publisher presents to the public the first volume of the late Professor R. D. Banerji's *History of Orissa*. The completion of the first half of the work is undoubtedly an occasion for joy and thanksgiving. But the friends and admirers of the author cannot but be sorry that he has not lived to see the publication of even the first volume of his book. Throughout the period of writing it, he had to fight manfully against the ravages of a fell disease which at length removed him from the scene of his earthly labours.