3 Review(s)

Scholars are often handicapped either by the non-availability of source material or by the difficulty of access to sources for conducting their research. The Imperial Gazetteers of India, compiled and published during the British regime in the first decade of twentieth century, are first rate source material for research not only in the field of Modern Indian History but also in Anthropology, Sociology, Economics and Political Science.The Madras Presidency Gazetteer in the Provincial Series (2 vols.) covers the regions of Madras Presidency, Eastern, Western and Southern coastal and Deccan districts, Madras city, Native States and French possessions. These are the present day states of Madras, Andhra, Kerala and parts of Karnataka.Compiled by W. Francis, I.C.S. these two volumes deal with the physical aspect and the history of the regions; administration; demo­graphic situation; agriculture; rents, wages and prices; land revenue and settlement; public works; army, police and jails; education; medicine; arts and handicrafts; factories, commerce and trade; finance and taxation; religion and sects; tribes and castes and the various customs they follow.This reprint edition will not only fill a gap for researchers but will be an excellent reference tool for administrators.