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| Banyan tree with Hindu shrine at Gaya, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by T. Daniell, 1796 (Wellcome Library, Creative Commons) |
If you haven't yet read this Sunday's posting on the Wellcome Library's blog, I can promise you an entertaining read! Chris Hilton quotes from an East India Company letterbook for Dinapore District, dating from 1840-1841, which is currently undergoing conservation in the Library.
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