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National Archives of India 1949. Calendar of Persian correspondence, being letters which passed between some of the Company's servants and Indian rulers and notables. Delhi, National Archives: vol. 9 (1790-1791).

Calendar of Persian correspondence, being letters which passed between some of the Company's servants and Indian rulers and notables

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Location Nepal Subject Captivity Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)

[319] Letter dated 10 October 1791 from Nawab Dilawar Jang to Mr Stuart - As requested by him the writer has been on the lookout for rhinoceros. His people caught one in the forest. As the animal is perfectly wild just now it is being tamed and will be sent down to Calcutta after the rains in the month of Kartik.

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