Calcutta Review, Volume 9University of Calcutta, 1848 |
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... buffalo herd . We begin at once with the staple cultivation of the banks of the lower Ganges . The principal object to which the labours of the Bengal Ryot are directed , is , as all THE PLAINS OF THE LOWER GANGES . 3 စာ.
... buffalo herd . We begin at once with the staple cultivation of the banks of the lower Ganges . The principal object to which the labours of the Bengal Ryot are directed , is , as all THE PLAINS OF THE LOWER GANGES . 3 စာ.
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... Ryot's hopes and fears , and we therefore propose giving a few of the main features of rice cultivation , both as curious in themselves , and also in the hope that they may not be altogether unacceptable to some of our readers . Of the ...
... Ryot's hopes and fears , and we therefore propose giving a few of the main features of rice cultivation , both as curious in themselves , and also in the hope that they may not be altogether unacceptable to some of our readers . Of the ...
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... Ryot , a perfect " jungle of a crop . " A But once the inundation gains way and remains without de- creasing for five or six days , the Ryot who depends on this crop for his subsistence , may starve , steal , or abscond . It follows ...
... Ryot , a perfect " jungle of a crop . " A But once the inundation gains way and remains without de- creasing for five or six days , the Ryot who depends on this crop for his subsistence , may starve , steal , or abscond . It follows ...
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... Ryot , when the land is again subjected to the plough , and at the close of the rains when the last departing shower ... Ryot's hut , and sometimes in the very precincts of his courtyard , which is thickly sown with rice seed . When the ...
... Ryot , when the land is again subjected to the plough , and at the close of the rains when the last departing shower ... Ryot's hut , and sometimes in the very precincts of his courtyard , which is thickly sown with rice seed . When the ...
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... Ryot are at their height . After that the Aumon crop gradually falls by its own weight , or in some districts is smoothed down by a bamboo held lengthways by two men , and there it lies , exposed to the heavy dews of November and its ...
... Ryot are at their height . After that the Aumon crop gradually falls by its own weight , or in some districts is smoothed down by a bamboo held lengthways by two men , and there it lies , exposed to the heavy dews of November and its ...
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