A View in the Jungle Terry - William Hodges

Jungle Terry or Jungleterry, from ''jangal tarāi'', meaning 'jungle lowland', was a term applied in the 18th century to an area bordering Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand that included large tracts of

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districts, as well as the Santal Parganas district. Although named as such, rather than an official district, the Jungle Terry was a vague border area. The district named Jungle Mahals would be established later in 1805.

Geography

The Jungle Terry was located in the present-day

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. It was an ill-defined thickly forested region inhabited by tribal groups, such as the Bhumij, the Santhal and the

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. William Hodges mentions that the Jungle Terry was located to the west of Bauglepore (Bhagalpur). The area included the Rajmahal Hills; towns that were close to the area, according to James Browne, included, besides Bauglepoor or Boglypour (

), Curruckpoor ( Haveli Kharagpur), Colgong ( Kahalgaon), Birboom (

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), Curruckdea (

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) and Guidore ( Gidhaur). Map number two of

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's 1779 ''Bengal Atlas'' has the title "Jungleterry District",Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, ''Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India'', Oxford University Press. p. 291 but the name 'Jungle Terry' itself does not show on the map. Bishop Reginald Heber comments that the "Jungleterry" district is very fertile and that theft, murder and highway robberies are a rare occurrence in it.''Bishop Heber in Northern India: Selections from Heber's Journal'', p. 110

References

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Bengal District Gazetteers Bankura
O’Malley, L.S.S., 1908, Barcode(6010010076000), Language English, Geography,Travels And Description fro
Digital Library of India

The Jungleterry District mapThe Jungle and the Aroma of Meats: An Ecological Theme in Hindu MedicineForest Tenures in the Jungle Mahals of South West Bengal
{{coord, 25, 00, N, 86, 30, E, display=title, region:IN_type:dist Bengal Presidency History of Bihar History of Jharkhand Districts of British India

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