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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 1, p. viii.

viii GENERAL PREFACE have been written by the authors whose names are subscribed to them. Dr. Blanford died before he was able to revise his proofs. Of the other chapters, that on Meteorology is based upon materials contributed by Sir John Eliot, K.C.I.E., and that on Ethnology and Caste has been abridged from Sir H. Risley's chapter in the Report on the Censzus of Inzdia for I9oI. The Index has been compiled by Mr. J. W. Browne.