A History of Agriculture in India v2.c85.20

v2.c85.20

'In 1670 the kharif crop failed completely in Bihar from want of rain and during the succeeding year an acute famine ravaged the territory extending from the west of Benares to Rajmahal. Multitudes perished on the routes and in the city of Patna and parents sold their children. Ninety thousand were estimated to have died in Patna alone.'⁴