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A busy balling room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A busy mixing room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A busy stacking room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A busy drying room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

The diaries of three surgeons of Patna, 1763 / edited by Walter K. Firminger.

Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts. Vol.4, Arabic medical works / prepared by M.A. Aḥmad.

Documents relating to the first English commercial mission to Patna, 1620-1621 / R.C. Temple.

Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts in the Oriental public library at Bankipore.

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Patna

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Images referencing Patna

Works from the collections

The diaries of three surgeons of Patna, 1763 / edited by Walter K. Firminger.

Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts. Vol.4, Arabic medical works / prepared by M.A. Aḥmad.

Documents relating to the first English commercial mission to Patna, 1620-1621 / R.C. Temple.

Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts in the Oriental public library at Bankipore.

A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Patna

Images from the collections

Images referencing Patna

Works from the collections

The diaries of three surgeons of Patna, 1763 / edited by Walter K. Firminger.

Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts. Vol.4, Arabic medical works / prepared by M.A. Aḥmad.

Documents relating to the first English commercial mission to Patna, 1620-1621 / R.C. Temple.

Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts in the Oriental public library at Bankipore.

A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

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