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V.— Bengal. 
Districts. — (i) Orissa. ( 2 )ChutiaNagpur\nc\nd.ingt\\eSonthal 
Pergunnahs. (3) Ttrhut, or Bengal north of the Ganges and 
west of the Kosi River. (4) Behar or the district between the 
Ganges and Chutia Nagpur. (5) North Bengal. — Its boun- 
daries are, north the base of the Himalayas ; east the Brahma-* 
putra ; south the Ganges ; west the Kosi. (6) Central Bengal 
and the Sundribuns. — Between the Brahmaputra^ Hooghly, and 
Ganges rivers. (7) West Bengal. — Between the Hooghly and 
Chutia Nagpur. (8) East Bengal. — East of the Brahmaputra, 
but excluding Chittagong. 
For the above divisions of Bengal the writer is indebted to Major 
Train. 
VI. — North-West Himalaya. 
Districts. — (i) Gilgit and Hunza. (2) Baltistan. (3) Nubra. 
(4) Dras. (5) Ladakh. (6) Zanskar. (7) Rupchu. (8) Spiti 
and Parang. (9) Chitral and Dir. (10) Swat Valley. 
(ii) Hazara Budi Murree. (12) Kashmir, (13) Kistawar. 
(14) Lahul. (15) Kunawar and Bashahr. (16) Nowshera 
(Rajaori). (17) Jamu. (18) Chamha, (19) Kulu^ Kangra^ 
Mandi, Suket. (20) Simla. (21) Garhwal. (22) Kumaon. 
VII.—Nepal. 
VIII.—Eastern Himalaya. 
Districts.— (i) Sikkim including Darjeeling. (2) Tibet and 
Bhutan. 
By Tihety throughout this’*paper, is meant the small southward 
projecting bay between Sikkim and Bhutan, where Chumbi and Phari 
are situated. 
IX. — Assam. 
Districts. — (i) Akha^ Daphlad^nA Miri Hills. (2) Mishmi Hills. 
(3) Garo Hills. (4) Khasia Hills. (5) Jaintia Hills. 
(6) Naga Hills. (7) Manipur. (8) Brahmaputra Valley. 
(9) ^ylb^t and Cachar. 
The Lushai hills, which politically are in Assam, are in this paper 
considered more appropriately with Burma. 
X. — Burma. 
Districts. — (i) Chittagong Hill Tracts. (2) North and South 
Lushai Hills. (3) Chin Hills. {4) Arracan Yomah. (5) Kachin 
