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Jungle Terry or Jungleterry, from (ヒンディー語:जंगल तराई) ''jangal tarāi'', meaning 'jungle lowland', was a term applied in the 18th century to an area bordering Bengal and Bihar that included large tracts of Bhagalpur and Monghyr districts, as well as the Santal Parganas district. Although named as such, rather than an official district the Jungle Terry was a vague border area. The district named Jungle Mahals would be established later in 1805.〔O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, ''Bankura'', ''Bengal District Gazetteers'', pp. 21-41, 1995 reprint, Government of West Bengal〕 ==Geography== The Jungle Terry was located in the present-day Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand. It was an ill-defined thickly forested region inhabited by tribal groups such as the Santhal and the Munda people. William Hodges mentions that the Jungle Terry was located to the west of Bauglepore (Bhagalpur).〔 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). 〔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''〕 Map number two of James Rennell's 1779 ''Bengal Atlas'' has the title "Jungleterry District",〔Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, ''Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India'', Oxford University Press. p. 291〕 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.〔''Bishop Heber in Northern India: Selections from Heber's Journal'', p. 110〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jungle Terry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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