Darjeeling District Gazetteer [Hardcover]

Darjeeling conjure up the image of snow-clad Himalayan peaks, Buddhist monasteries people with yellow-robed monks, and rush of summer tourists. But there s more in Darjeeling than meets the eye. The geography, fauna and flora, inhabitants, rites, rituals and festivals form a mosaic of great interest. Named after the Buddhist monastery of ‘Darjeeling’ or the ‘place of thunderbolt’, this district forms an irregular triangle 1164 square miles in area, its base resting on Sikkim in the north while its apex stretches into West Bengal in the south. It is demarcated from Nepal in the west by the Singania mountain chain and its north eastern boundaries are with Bhutan and the districts of Jalpaiguri and Pernea respectively. Ranging in altitude from 3000 to 12000 feet above sea level this largely hilly religion is drained by the Mechi, Balasan, Mahandi, Tista and Jaidhaka rivers. Its vegetation ranges from pine, oak, maple and chestnut foresis and teagardens at the higher altitudes to palm and plantain in the marshy terrain. A handy and authentic reference work on the border district of India. Contents:- Physical Aspects • History • The People • Public Health • Agriculture • The Tea Industry • Forests • Natural Calamities • Rents, Wages And Prices • Occupations, Manufactures And Trade • Means Of Communication • Land Revenue Administration • General Administration • Local Self-Government • Education • Gazetteer • Appendix • Index. The Title 'Darjeeling District Gazetteer written/authored/edited by L.S.S. O'Malley', published in the year 2012. The ISBN 9788121204965 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 248 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Reference / Dictionary / Encyclopaedia. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-