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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. iv.

iv PREFA CE The Index volume will contain a brief glossary of vernacular and other Anglo-Indian terms in common use (though not always used everywhere in the same way), which it has not been found possible to explain wherever they occur. The glossary has been compiled by Mr. R. Burn, the Indian editor. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS PROVINCE OR STATE WRITERS AFGHANISTAN . . E. H. S. Clarke, C.I.E. AJMER-MERWARA. . R. C. Bramley. ANDAMANS . . Sir Richard C. Temple, Bart., C.I.E. ASSAM. . . . B. C. Allen, I.C.S. BALUCHISTAN . . R. Hughes-Buller, I.C.S. BARODA . T. S. Tait. BENGAL . . . E. A. Gait, C.I.E.; C. G. H. Allen, I.C.S.; H. F. Howard, I.C.S.: L. S. S. O'Malley, I.C.S. BERAR. . . Major W. Haig, I.A. BOMBAY . . . R. E. Enthoven, I.C.S., and S. M. Edwardes, I.C.S. BURMA . . . C. C. Lowis, I.C.S.; R. Casson, I.C.S., and G. E. R. Grant-Brown, I.C.S. CENTRAL INDIA . .Captain C. E. Luard, I.A. CENTRAL PROVINCES . R. V. Russell, I.C.S. COORG. . . . B. L. Rice, C.I.E. EASTERN BENGAL. . E. A. Gait, C.I.E.; C. G. H. Alien, I.C.S., and H. F. Howard, I.C.S. HYDERABAD. . . Mirza Mehdy Khan. KASHMIR . . . Sir Walter R. Lawrence, Bart., G.C.I.E. MADRAS . . . W. Francis, I.C.S. MYSORE . . . B. L. Rice, C.I.E. NEPL. . . . Major W. E. A. Armstrong, I.M.S. NORTH-VEST FRONTIER PROVINCE. . . H. A. Rose, I.C.S., and E. B. Howell, I.C.S. PUNJAB H. A. Rose, I.C.S., and J. P. Thompson, I.C.S. RAJPUTANA . . Major K. D. Erskine, I.A. UNITED PROVINCES . R. Burn, I.C.S.