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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
The Jungle Terry was located in the present-day [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|states]] of [[West Bengal]], [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]]. It was an ill-defined thickly forested region inhabited by tribal groups such as the [[Santhal people|Santhal]] and the [[Munda people]]. [[William Hodges]] mentions that the Jungle Terry was located to the west of [[Bhagalpur|Bauglepore]] (Bhagalpur).<ref name=Hobson/> | The Jungle Terry was located in the present-day [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|states]] of [[West Bengal]], [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]]. It was an ill-defined thickly forested region inhabited by tribal groups such as the [[Bhumij people|Bhumij]], the [[Santhal people|Santhal]] and the [[Munda people]]. [[William Hodges]] mentions that the Jungle Terry was located to the west of [[Bhagalpur|Bauglepore]] (Bhagalpur).<ref name=Hobson/> | ||
The area included the [[Rajmahal Hills]]; towns that were close to the area according to James Browne included, besides Bauglepoor or Boglypour ([[Bhagalpur]]), Curruckpoor ([[Kharagpur]]), Colgong ([[Kahalgaon]]), Birboom ([[Birbhum]]), Curruckdea ([[Kharagdiha]]) and Guidore ([[Gidhaur]]).<ref>Browne, James (1788). ''India tracts: containing a description of the Jungle Terry districts, their revenues, trade, and government: with a plan for the improvement of them. Also an history of the origin and progress of the Sicks''</ref> | The area included the [[Rajmahal Hills]]; towns that were close to the area according to James Browne included, besides Bauglepoor or Boglypour ([[Bhagalpur]]), Curruckpoor ([[Haveli Kharagpur]]), Colgong ([[Kahalgaon]]), Birboom ([[Birbhum]]), Curruckdea ([[Kharagdiha]]) and Guidore ([[Gidhaur]]).<ref>Browne, James (1788). ''India tracts: containing a description of the Jungle Terry districts, their revenues, trade, and government: with a plan for the improvement of them. Also an history of the origin and progress of the Sicks''</ref> | ||
Map number two of [[James Rennell]]'s 1779 ''Bengal Atlas'' has the title "Jungleterry District",<ref name=Hobson>Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, ''Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India'', Oxford University Press. p. 291</ref> 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.<ref>''Bishop Heber in Northern India: Selections from Heber's Journal'', p. 110</ref> | Map number two of [[James Rennell]]'s 1779 ''Bengal Atlas'' has the title "Jungleterry District",<ref name=Hobson>Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, ''Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India'', Oxford University Press. p. 291</ref> 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.<ref>''Bishop Heber in Northern India: Selections from Heber's Journal'', p. 110</ref> | ||