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Asia - South Asia - India - Ganges valley |
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Distribution |
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Indian Rhino |
[13] The district was formerly well stocked with big game. Buchanan Hamilton, writing a century ago, stated that towards the northern frontier herds of wild elephants,e ach numbering forty or fifty in number, made raids from nepal, while a few had for some years past frequented the woods in the south. A rhinoceros had lately made his appearance in the southern marshy tract, but had been shot by an indigo planter into whose premises he had “fortunately thrust himself.”
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Bengal District gazetteer: Purnea
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