CHAPTER XXIV
THE CONQUEST OF CEYLON, 1795-1815
A.
THE CONQUEST OF CEYLON, 1795-1815
A.
Cambridge History of India - v5 - British India
East India
Company. Calcutta, 1819.
PRINSEP, HENRY T. History of the political and military transactions in India
during the administration of the Marquess of Hastings, 1813-1823. 2 vols.
1825.
Memoirs of. . . Ameer Khan. See Busawun Lal.
ScotT-WARING, T. History of the Mahrattas. 1810.
SMITH, L. F. Sketch of the rise, progress and termination of the regular corps
formed. . . by Europeans in the service of native princes of India. Cal-
cutta, 1805.
THORN, Major WILLIAM. Memoir of the War in India. 1818.
VALENTIA, Viscount. Voyages and travels to India. 3 vols. 1809.
B. SECONDARY WORKS
For general works see the list at p. 624 supra.
BLAKISTON, Lieut. JOHN. Twelve years' military service in three quarters of
the Globe, 2 vols. 1829.
Bombay Presidency Gazetteers. Bombay, 1877-94.
COLEBROOKE, Sir H. T. Life of Elphinstone, 2 vols. 1884.
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1892.
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FRASER, JAMES. Military memoir of Colonel James Skinner. 1851.
GLEIG, G. R. Life of Sir Thomas Munro. 3 vols. 1830.
HOPE, J. The house of Scindea. 1863.
HUTTON, W. H. The rquess Wellesley. 1897.
KAYE, Sir JOHN. ' Lives of Indian officers. 2 vols. 1889.
KAYE, J. W. Life of Sir John Malcolm. 2 vols. 1856.
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Selections from the papers of Lord Metcalfe. 1855.
KEENE, H. G. Hindustan under free lances. 1770-1820. 1907.
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KHARE, V. V. Nana Phadnavis. (Marathi. )
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1807-8.
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PARASNIS, D. B. Satara.
Sangli State.
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Marquess Wellesley. 3 vols. 1846.
PEARSE, Col. HUGH. The Hearseys, 1768-1893. 8vo. 1905.
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(PESTER, JOHN. ] War and sport in India, 1802-6. n. d.
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retired list of the Indian army. 1839.
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Teignmouth. 2 vols. 1843.
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llie journal of an officer in H. M. S. 1822.
CHAPTER XXIII
MARATHA ADMINISTRATION
A. ORIGINAL MATERIALS
MANUSCRIPT
For the Maratha records see p. 627 supra.
PRINTED DOCUMENTS
ELPHINSTONE, M. Report on the territories lately conquered from the Paishwa.
Calcutta, 1822.
JENKINS, R. Report on the territories of the Raja of Nagpur. Calcutta, 1827.
MAWJEE, P. V. and PARASNIS, D. B. Sanadpatra Nivadapatra.
Revenue and Judicial Papers. Published by the East India Company. Vols. III
and iv. 1826.
B. SECONDARY WORKS
ATRE. Gany Gada. (Marathi. )
Iniquities of the Inam Commission in the Presidency of Bombay compiled from
the published selections from Government Records and other sources ex-
posed for the information of Enamdars. 1859.
RANADE, M. G. Introduction to the Peshwas' Diaries.
SEN, S. N. Administrative System of the Marathas. 2nd ed. Calcutta, 1925.
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Government. 1838.
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“Land Tenures of Dukhun. ” (J. R. A. S. 1836, pp. 350-76. )
TONE, W. H. Illustrations of some institutions of the Mahratta people. Calcutta,
1818.
CHAPTER XXIV
THE CONQUEST OF CEYLON, 1795-1815
A. ORIGINAL MATERIALS
MANUSCRIPT
At the India Office is a group of 57 volumes covering the period of the
Company's administration (see Foster, Guide, pp. 92-3).
The Public Record Office has an extensive series of records C. O. 54-9, be-
ginning with 1794.
At the Record Office,' Colombo, exists a great quantity of administrative
papers.
At the Record Office, Madras, are volumes relating to the embassies of
Pybus and Andrews (see Dodwell, Report, pp. 22 and 34).
The Wellesley MSS (especially Add. MSS, 13864-7) at the British Museum.
PRINTED DOCUMENTS
BOYD, HUGH. Miscellaneous Works. Vol. II. 1800.
Cleghorn Papers. Ed. by the Rev. W. Neil. 1927.
PYBUS, JOHN. Mission to the King of Kandy in 1762. 1862.
The Uva Rebellion 1817-18. (Reprinted from the Ceylon Government Gazette. )
Colombo, 1889.
CONTEMPORARY PUBLICATIONS
CORDINER, JAMES. A description of Ceylon, containing an account of the coun-
try, inhabitants, and natural productions; with narratives of a tour round
the island in 1800, the campaign in Candy in 1803, and a journey to
Ramisseram in 1804. 2 vols. 1807.
DAVY, JOHN. An account of the interior of Ceylon, and of its inhabitants; with
travels in that island. 1821.
D'OYLY, Sir JOHN. “A sketch of the constitution of the Kandyan kingdom. ”
(Trans. Royal Asiatic Soc. vol. III, 1832. )
Narrative of events that have recently occurred in the island of Ceylon. 1815.
PERCIVAL, Captain ROBERT. An account of the island of Ceylon, containing its
history, geography, natural history, with the manners and customs of its
various inhabitants; to which is added, the Journal of an embassy to the
Court of Candy. London, 1805.
PHILALETHES. A history of Ceylon. . . to the year 1815. 4to. 1817
TURNOUR, GEORGE. An epitome of the history of Ceylon. 1836.
B. SECONDARY WORKS
BENNETT, JOHN WHITCHURCH. Ceylon, anu its capabilities. 1843.
CAMPBELL, Lieut. -Col. JAMES. Excursions, adventures, and field-sports in
Ceylon; its commercial and military importance, and numerous advant-
ages to the British emigrant. 2 vols. 1843.
Ceylon: a general description of the island: historical, physical, statistical, by
an officer, late of the Ceylon Rifles. 2 vols.
KNIGHTON, W. History of Ceylon. 1845.
3
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640
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MARSHALL, HENRY. Ceylon: a general sketch. 1846.
PRIDHAM, C: IARLES. An historical, political and statistical account of Ceylon
and its dependencies. 2 vols. 1849.
TENNENT, Sir JAMES EMERSON. Ceylon. 3rd ed. 2 vols. 1859.
CHAPTER XXV
THE REVENUE ADMINISTRATION OF BENGAL, 1765-86
A. ORIGINAL MATERIALS
MANUSCRIPT
The principal series are: Proceedings of the Committee of Circuit; Pro-
ceedings of the Committee of Revenue, 1772-1774; Proceedings of the
Committee of Revenue, 1774-1781 (Governor-General's Proceedings);
Public Proceedings, 1772-1779 (Home Department); Proceedings of the Com-
mittee of Revenue, 1781-1786; Report of Messrs Anderson, Croftes and Bogle,
dated March 1781 (Government of Bengal Records, Revenue Department), and
Reports of Mr John David Patterson on the Office of Kanungo dated 23 April
1781, and 18 May 1787, respectively (Government of Bengal Records, Revenue
Department). The text used is that of the Imperial, and the Government of
Bengal, records. See the Hand-book to the records of the Government of
India, and the Catalogue of the English records of the Government of Bengal.
For the series at the India Office see Foster, Guide, pp. 50-3.
PRINTED DOCUMENTS
1.
Bengal Dt. Records. Chittagong. Vol. 1. 1760-1773. 1923.
Midnapur. 3 vols. 1911-25.
Rangpur. Vol. 1. 1770-1779. Vol. II. 1779-1782 ved. Vol. III. 1783-
1785 Received. Vol. Iv. 1779-1785 Sent.
Sylhet. 4 vols.
Bengal Government Records. Press List, Series 1. Vol. 11. Committee of Circuit,
1772-1773. Vol. IV. Revenue Proceedings, 1775. Vol. v. Revenue Pro-
ceedings, 1776. Supplement, 1771-1775.
Press List, Series II. Vol. I. Intermediate Rev. Authorities, 1765-1773.
Vol. II. Intermediate Rev. Authorities, 1769-1774.
Press List, Series II. Vol. I. Controlling Correspondence of Commerce,
1771-1773. Vol. I. Board of Trade, 1774-1776.
Resident's Letter Bks, 1769-70. 11. Controlling Council, 1770. III-VIII.
Controlling Council, 1771. VII A. Controlling Council, 1771. IX. Control-
iing Council, 1772. X, XI, XII. Controlling Council, 1772-1774.
Copy-Book of the Supervisor of Rajshahi at Nator. Letters issued 39
Dec. 1769-15 Sept. 1772. 1925.
COLEBROOKE, Sir J. E. Digest of the laws and regulations. 1807.
FRANCIS, P. Original minutes of the Governor-General and Council of Fori
William on the settlement and collection of the revenues of Bengal. 1782.
HALHED, NATHANIEL BRASSEY. A code of Gentoo laws. 1781.
HARRINGTON. Analysis of the Bengal Regulations. 3 vols. 1805.
LONG, J. Selections from the unpublished records of Government, 1748-67.
Calcutta, 1869.
Proceedings of the Governor and Council of Fort William respecting the admi-
nistration of justice amongst the natives in Bengal. 4to. 1774.
SMYTH, D. C. Original Bengalese Zumindaree Accounts. Calcutta, 1823.
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CONTEMPORARY. PUBLICATIONS
AMIR HAIDAR BILGRAMI. Dissertation concerning the revenues. Persian text,
and trans. by F. Gladwin. 1796.
BOLTS, WILLIAM. Considerations on Indian affairs. 3 vols. 1772-5.
Plan for the Government of the Provinces of Bengal, addressed to the Directors
of the E. I. C. 1772.
SCRAFTON, L. Observations on Mr.
Company. Calcutta, 1819.
PRINSEP, HENRY T. History of the political and military transactions in India
during the administration of the Marquess of Hastings, 1813-1823. 2 vols.
1825.
Memoirs of. . . Ameer Khan. See Busawun Lal.
ScotT-WARING, T. History of the Mahrattas. 1810.
SMITH, L. F. Sketch of the rise, progress and termination of the regular corps
formed. . . by Europeans in the service of native princes of India. Cal-
cutta, 1805.
THORN, Major WILLIAM. Memoir of the War in India. 1818.
VALENTIA, Viscount. Voyages and travels to India. 3 vols. 1809.
B. SECONDARY WORKS
For general works see the list at p. 624 supra.
BLAKISTON, Lieut. JOHN. Twelve years' military service in three quarters of
the Globe, 2 vols. 1829.
Bombay Presidency Gazetteers. Bombay, 1877-94.
COLEBROOKE, Sir H. T. Life of Elphinstone, 2 vols. 1884.
## p. 638 (#666) ############################################
638
BIBLIOGRAPHY
COMPTON, HERBERT. European military adventurers of Hindustan, 1784-1803.
1892.
FORTESCUE, Sir JOHN W. History of the British Army. Vol. XI. 1923.
FRASER, JAMES. Military memoir of Colonel James Skinner. 1851.
GLEIG, G. R. Life of Sir Thomas Munro. 3 vols. 1830.
HOPE, J. The house of Scindea. 1863.
HUTTON, W. H. The rquess Wellesley. 1897.
KAYE, Sir JOHN. ' Lives of Indian officers. 2 vols. 1889.
KAYE, J. W. Life of Sir John Malcolm. 2 vols. 1856.
Life and correspondence of Charles Lord Metcalfe. 2 vols. Rev. ed. 1858.
Selections from the papers of Lord Metcalfe. 1855.
KEENE, H. G. Hindustan under free lances. 1770-1820. 1907.
KELKAR, N. C. Maratha ani Ingraj. (Marathi. )
KHARE, V. V. Nana Phadnavis. (Marathi. )
LUARD, Lt. -Col. C. E. Central India State Gazetteer. Calcutta and Lucknow,
1807-8.
Mahratta and Pindari War. Compiled for the General Staff, India. Simla, 1910.
NATU. Mahadaji Sindhia. (Marathi. )
PARASNIS, D. B. Satara.
Sangli State.
PEARCE, ROBERT ROUILLERE. Memoirs and correspondence of. . . Richard
Marquess Wellesley. 3 vols. 1846.
PEARSE, Col. HUGH. The Hearseys, 1768-1893. 8vo. 1905.
Life and military services of Viscount Lake. 1907.
(PESTER, JOHN. ] War and sport in India, 1802-6. n. d.
[PRICE, Major. ) Memoirs of the early life and service of a field officer on the
retired list of the Indian army. 1839.
TEIGNMOUTH, Lord. Memoirs of the life and correspondence of John Lord
Teignmouth. 2 vols. 1843.
[WALLACE, R. G. ) Fifteen years in India or sketches of a soldier's life. . . from
llie journal of an officer in H. M. S. 1822.
CHAPTER XXIII
MARATHA ADMINISTRATION
A. ORIGINAL MATERIALS
MANUSCRIPT
For the Maratha records see p. 627 supra.
PRINTED DOCUMENTS
ELPHINSTONE, M. Report on the territories lately conquered from the Paishwa.
Calcutta, 1822.
JENKINS, R. Report on the territories of the Raja of Nagpur. Calcutta, 1827.
MAWJEE, P. V. and PARASNIS, D. B. Sanadpatra Nivadapatra.
Revenue and Judicial Papers. Published by the East India Company. Vols. III
and iv. 1826.
B. SECONDARY WORKS
ATRE. Gany Gada. (Marathi. )
Iniquities of the Inam Commission in the Presidency of Bombay compiled from
the published selections from Government Records and other sources ex-
posed for the information of Enamdars. 1859.
RANADE, M. G. Introduction to the Peshwas' Diaries.
SEN, S. N. Administrative System of the Marathas. 2nd ed. Calcutta, 1925.
## p. 639 (#667) ############################################
BIBLIOGRAPHY
639
SYKES, Lt. -Col. Statistics of the four Collectorates of Dukhan under the British
Government. 1838.
- “On the Land Tenures of the Dekkan. ” (J. R. A. S. 1835, pp. 205-33. )
“Land Tenures of Dukhun. ” (J. R. A. S. 1836, pp. 350-76. )
TONE, W. H. Illustrations of some institutions of the Mahratta people. Calcutta,
1818.
CHAPTER XXIV
THE CONQUEST OF CEYLON, 1795-1815
A. ORIGINAL MATERIALS
MANUSCRIPT
At the India Office is a group of 57 volumes covering the period of the
Company's administration (see Foster, Guide, pp. 92-3).
The Public Record Office has an extensive series of records C. O. 54-9, be-
ginning with 1794.
At the Record Office,' Colombo, exists a great quantity of administrative
papers.
At the Record Office, Madras, are volumes relating to the embassies of
Pybus and Andrews (see Dodwell, Report, pp. 22 and 34).
The Wellesley MSS (especially Add. MSS, 13864-7) at the British Museum.
PRINTED DOCUMENTS
BOYD, HUGH. Miscellaneous Works. Vol. II. 1800.
Cleghorn Papers. Ed. by the Rev. W. Neil. 1927.
PYBUS, JOHN. Mission to the King of Kandy in 1762. 1862.
The Uva Rebellion 1817-18. (Reprinted from the Ceylon Government Gazette. )
Colombo, 1889.
CONTEMPORARY PUBLICATIONS
CORDINER, JAMES. A description of Ceylon, containing an account of the coun-
try, inhabitants, and natural productions; with narratives of a tour round
the island in 1800, the campaign in Candy in 1803, and a journey to
Ramisseram in 1804. 2 vols. 1807.
DAVY, JOHN. An account of the interior of Ceylon, and of its inhabitants; with
travels in that island. 1821.
D'OYLY, Sir JOHN. “A sketch of the constitution of the Kandyan kingdom. ”
(Trans. Royal Asiatic Soc. vol. III, 1832. )
Narrative of events that have recently occurred in the island of Ceylon. 1815.
PERCIVAL, Captain ROBERT. An account of the island of Ceylon, containing its
history, geography, natural history, with the manners and customs of its
various inhabitants; to which is added, the Journal of an embassy to the
Court of Candy. London, 1805.
PHILALETHES. A history of Ceylon. . . to the year 1815. 4to. 1817
TURNOUR, GEORGE. An epitome of the history of Ceylon. 1836.
B. SECONDARY WORKS
BENNETT, JOHN WHITCHURCH. Ceylon, anu its capabilities. 1843.
CAMPBELL, Lieut. -Col. JAMES. Excursions, adventures, and field-sports in
Ceylon; its commercial and military importance, and numerous advant-
ages to the British emigrant. 2 vols. 1843.
Ceylon: a general description of the island: historical, physical, statistical, by
an officer, late of the Ceylon Rifles. 2 vols.
KNIGHTON, W. History of Ceylon. 1845.
3
## p. 640 (#668) ############################################
640
BIBLIOGRAPHY
MARSHALL, HENRY. Ceylon: a general sketch. 1846.
PRIDHAM, C: IARLES. An historical, political and statistical account of Ceylon
and its dependencies. 2 vols. 1849.
TENNENT, Sir JAMES EMERSON. Ceylon. 3rd ed. 2 vols. 1859.
CHAPTER XXV
THE REVENUE ADMINISTRATION OF BENGAL, 1765-86
A. ORIGINAL MATERIALS
MANUSCRIPT
The principal series are: Proceedings of the Committee of Circuit; Pro-
ceedings of the Committee of Revenue, 1772-1774; Proceedings of the
Committee of Revenue, 1774-1781 (Governor-General's Proceedings);
Public Proceedings, 1772-1779 (Home Department); Proceedings of the Com-
mittee of Revenue, 1781-1786; Report of Messrs Anderson, Croftes and Bogle,
dated March 1781 (Government of Bengal Records, Revenue Department), and
Reports of Mr John David Patterson on the Office of Kanungo dated 23 April
1781, and 18 May 1787, respectively (Government of Bengal Records, Revenue
Department). The text used is that of the Imperial, and the Government of
Bengal, records. See the Hand-book to the records of the Government of
India, and the Catalogue of the English records of the Government of Bengal.
For the series at the India Office see Foster, Guide, pp. 50-3.
PRINTED DOCUMENTS
1.
Bengal Dt. Records. Chittagong. Vol. 1. 1760-1773. 1923.
Midnapur. 3 vols. 1911-25.
Rangpur. Vol. 1. 1770-1779. Vol. II. 1779-1782 ved. Vol. III. 1783-
1785 Received. Vol. Iv. 1779-1785 Sent.
Sylhet. 4 vols.
Bengal Government Records. Press List, Series 1. Vol. 11. Committee of Circuit,
1772-1773. Vol. IV. Revenue Proceedings, 1775. Vol. v. Revenue Pro-
ceedings, 1776. Supplement, 1771-1775.
Press List, Series II. Vol. I. Intermediate Rev. Authorities, 1765-1773.
Vol. II. Intermediate Rev. Authorities, 1769-1774.
Press List, Series II. Vol. I. Controlling Correspondence of Commerce,
1771-1773. Vol. I. Board of Trade, 1774-1776.
Resident's Letter Bks, 1769-70. 11. Controlling Council, 1770. III-VIII.
Controlling Council, 1771. VII A. Controlling Council, 1771. IX. Control-
iing Council, 1772. X, XI, XII. Controlling Council, 1772-1774.
Copy-Book of the Supervisor of Rajshahi at Nator. Letters issued 39
Dec. 1769-15 Sept. 1772. 1925.
COLEBROOKE, Sir J. E. Digest of the laws and regulations. 1807.
FRANCIS, P. Original minutes of the Governor-General and Council of Fori
William on the settlement and collection of the revenues of Bengal. 1782.
HALHED, NATHANIEL BRASSEY. A code of Gentoo laws. 1781.
HARRINGTON. Analysis of the Bengal Regulations. 3 vols. 1805.
LONG, J. Selections from the unpublished records of Government, 1748-67.
Calcutta, 1869.
Proceedings of the Governor and Council of Fort William respecting the admi-
nistration of justice amongst the natives in Bengal. 4to. 1774.
SMYTH, D. C. Original Bengalese Zumindaree Accounts. Calcutta, 1823.
## p. 641 (#669) ############################################
BIBLIOGRAPHY
641
CONTEMPORARY. PUBLICATIONS
AMIR HAIDAR BILGRAMI. Dissertation concerning the revenues. Persian text,
and trans. by F. Gladwin. 1796.
BOLTS, WILLIAM. Considerations on Indian affairs. 3 vols. 1772-5.
Plan for the Government of the Provinces of Bengal, addressed to the Directors
of the E. I. C. 1772.
SCRAFTON, L. Observations on Mr.
