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principles followed, the measures adopted, or the 

 rules of procedure laid down by Government. 



It is to be hoped that all notes, articles, and answers 



to questions w T ill be signed by the writers, as it is 



most useful to know the authority upon which a 



statement is made. But signature will not be 



insisted on, and queries will, of course, be usually 



anonymous. 



In order to ensure that the many peoples and languages of 



India and the East shall be adequately represented in the 



pages of Indian Notes and Queries, several highly qualified 



gentlemen have kindly agreed to co-operate in editing it, and 



the conductor hopes before long to add considerably to the 



list of coadjutors. 



The chief object of the paper being to collect systematically 

 information about the country and the people, and to place 

 that information within easy reach of all who study the sub- 

 jects within its scope, suitable quotations from difficult sources, 

 are as valuable as otherwise original information. These will 



footin i 



as original 



accordingly be freely received on the sam 



notes, and opportunity be thus afforded to many persons of 

 making good use of the fruits of their researches. Every 

 provincial library in the East contains good old books about 

 India, and every local official library has on its shelves scores 

 of reports and documents full of valuable information which, 

 though printed and circulated by Government can hardly be 

 said to have been " published.'"' 



The list of subjects treated is very wide, and it is hoped 

 will be found to embrace all those which are necessary to a* 

 proper understanding of the many countries and populations 

 contained in India. 



Beligion. 



Social Customs. 



Folklore. 



Tribes and Castes. 



Language. 



Geography. 



List of Subjects. 

 History. 

 Antiquities. 

 Numismatics. 

 Bibliography. 

 Music. 



Arts and Indus- 

 tries. 



Administration. 

 Natural History, 

 Botany. 

 Miscellanea. 

 Songs & Catches. 

 Proverbs and 

 Sayings. 



