A History of Assam c4: Preface to Second Edition
A History of Assam c4
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Preface to Second Edition
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A S a second edition of this work has been called for, the opportunity has been taken to revise it in the light of material which has become available since the original edition was published. This includes:—
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(1) The copper-plate inscription of Bhāskara Varman found in Sylhet in 1912 and translated by Professor Padmanāth Bhattāchārya, and the translation (by Cowell and Thomas) of Bāna's *Harsha Charita* which contains various references to the same monarch.
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(2) The *Bahāristān-i-Ghaibi*, a contemporary account of events in the reign of Jahāngir. This has recently been translated by Professor Jadunāth Sarkār, who has kindly sent me advance extracts of the passages relating to certain Muhammadan invasions of Assam.
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(3) Professor Sarkār's translation of the description of Assam at the time of Mir Jumlah's invasion contained in the *Fathiyya-i-ibriyya*. This is more complete and accurate than Blochmann's analysis of the same work which was utilized in the first edition.
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(4) A manuscript volume in the India Office library containing translations of certain *buranjis* made for Dr. Wade in 1792-3. There are some obvious mistakes in these translations and the actual *buranjis* are not forthcoming. It would therefore be unsafe to place very much reliance on them. But they have occasionally been utilized to supplement the information contained in the *buranjis* enumerated in the introduction to the first edition where they are in general agreement with, but more complete than, the latter.
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(5) An account of some Jaintia kings contained in Loch's Jaintia Settlement Report of 1839. This was brought to light by Babu Chandra Kanta Sen when working on the Jaintia Settlement of 1897.
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A few changes have also been made in the light of comments made by various writers, and in particular by Mr. A. W. Botham, C.I.E., Professor Padmanāth Bhattāchārya and Mr. H. E. Stapleton.
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Finally, some additions have been made to the last tw chapters in order to bring the narrative up to date.
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E. A. GAIT.
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CAMBERLEY, 10th February, 1926.
Linked texts (1)
- Harṣacarita — Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit