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An exhaustive work in 2 volumes that offers descriptions and studies on the Malabar region of Kerala. This work is a standard study for any research on this region. The first volume covers 1. the District and is further divided into 8 parts; chapter 2 covers the people and describes 7 parts the population, the literature, language, manners, custom etc; chapter 3 covers the history of Malabar; chapter 4 cover the land tenures and revenue and notices each region separately. It offers notes on the historical facts down to 1805-06 relating to the low country, a retrospective summary for the year 1805-06, system of land revenue management, land revenue history etc. Volume 2 is an appendix to volume 1. There are 21 appendices and they covers; statistics, animals, fishes, Birds, Butterflies, timber trees, roads, ports, proverbs, vocabulary, deeds, list of officials, land revenue assessment, price of paddy and other produce and a short description of the taluks of the Malabar region. The Malabar region is bound by the South Canara district in the North; Coorg and Nilgiris to the East; state of Cochin to the South and the Arabain Sea to the West. This book is a reprint of the 1887 edition ISBN :8120604466
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Pages : 772
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