A concise encyclopaedia of North Indian peasant life
Subtitle: being a compilation from the writings of William Crooke, J.R. Reid, G.A. Grierson
By: edited with an introduction, annotations, and appendices by Shahid Amin.
Contributors: Crooke, William, 1848-1923.; Reid, J. R., fl. 1881.; Grierson, George Abraham, Sir, 1851-1941.; Amin, Shahid.
Series: South Asian colonial archives ;; 1
Publisher: Manohar
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng; bho
Number of pages: 596
Subjects: Hindustani language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Genres: Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Other titles: North Indian peasant life
Notes: Includes passages in Bhojpuri (Bhojpuri in roman also).
Includes bibliographical reference (p. 231) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Materials for a rural and agricultural glossary of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh / William Crooke; title: pt. 2. Azamgarh settlement report / J.R. Reid; title: pt. 3. Seven grammars of the dialects and subdialects of the Bihari language / G.A. Grierson.