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The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c4.s4.t4.2

The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century c4.s4.t4.2

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| District or place | | Population Estimate* | Hindoo Muslim Ratio | Institutions of Higher Learning mentioned in Post-1800 accounts with Adam's observations |
| Dinajpur | (p.16) | 30,00,000 (1808) | 3 to 7 | Buchanan: 16; Adam: some mistake as Districts adjoin |
| Purnea | (p.16) | 14,50,000 (1801) 29,04,380 (1810) | 57 to 47 | Buchanan: 119 |
| Calcutta | (p.17) | 2,00,000 (1822) (Approx.) | | Ward: (1818): 28, Scholars: 173 |
| Nuddea | (p.17) (p.78) (p.79) (p.81) (p.81) | 7,64,430 (1802) | 11 to 5 | Ward: (1818) 31, Scholars: 747, Logic, Law. H.H. Wilson: (1820): 25, Scholars 500-600 Authorities: (1816) 46, Scholars: 380 Ward: 7-8 Ward: 7-8 |
| (i) Koomaru Hutta (ii) Bhatpara | | | | |
| 24 Pergunnahs | (p.22) | 16,25,000 (1801) | | Hamilton: (1801): 190 |
| (i) Juyunugor (ii) Mujilee Pooroo (iii) Andolee | (p.22) (p.22) (p.22) | | | Ward: 17-18 Ward: 17-18 Ward: 10-12 |
| Midnapore | (pp.50-51) | 15,00,000 (1801) | 6 to 1 | Hamilton: None, Adam: 40 |
| Cuttack (Puri) | (p.54) | 12,96,365 | 10 to 1 | Stirling: Principal Street of 'Maths' |
| Hugly | (pp.57-58) | 10,00,000 (1801) | 3 to 1 | Ward: (1818), Hamilton: (1801): 150, Law |
| (i) Vansariya (ii) Triveni | | | | Logic: 12-14 :7-8 |