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SECTION II
Books of General Reference (Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias,
Gazetteers and Census Reports)
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CORNISH, W. P. Report on the Census of the Madras Presidency, 1871, Vol.. I. Madras. 1874.
P. 73. Buddhists and Jains and their distribution.
Pp. 113-115. Buddhists and Jains-Buddhism extinct-Rise of the Jain sect on the downfall of Buddhism-Jain tenets-Sectarian divisions--Jains, a distinct community-Decline of the sect through Brāhmaṇical persecution.
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HUNTER, WILLIAM Wilson. Statistical Account of Bengal. 20 vols. London, 1875-77.
Vol. 7, p. 224. Rangpur : The Jain population appears to be confined to the Kayāhas or Mārvāris who have settled in Rangpur, most of whom are wealthy merchants.
Vol. 7, P. 383. Dinajpur: The Jains are represented by about . a dozen banking families.
• Vol. 8, p. 52. Rajshahi : In 1871 the Jains were principally confined to the town of Rāmpur Bauleah, and were nearly all Mār: vāri bankers and traders, and very wealthy.
