(1) THE STUDY ON HISTORY OF CHEETAH IN INDIA B) Correspondence Sharing Information on Cheetah, 1984-2002
1984
Papers relating to research on cheetah in India by Divyabhanusinh Chavda. Includes correspondence exchanged with Sures Chandra Banerji, Irfan Habib, Simon Digby, T. J. Roberts, Margaret Jamicson, Dalphne M. Hill, Sandy Morton, Asok Kumar Das, Paul Joslin, Giora Ilany, and others for obtaining information regarding cheetah hunting in early literary sources and Sanskrit texts, existence of cheetah prior to Moghul period, extinction of cheetah in India and Pakistan, origin of words used for cheetah hunting in India, records of white tiger, etymology of cheetah, historical references, status of Asiatic cheetah, and related topics
Margaret Jamicson, Dalphne M. Hill; Sandy Morton; Asok Kumar Das; Paul Joslin; Sanskrit texts; Mughal period
(1) THE STUDY ON HISTORY OF CHEETAH IN INDIA B) Correspondence Sharing Information on Cheetah, 1984-2002
1984
Papers relating to Divyabhanusinh Chavda's research on cheetah in India. Includes correspondence with Asok Kumar Das1, Muzaffar Alam2, Romila Thapar, U.P. Shah, Gunther D. Sontheimer, S.C. Banerji, Ajeet Cheema, and Curator of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, Jaipur regarding queries about various references to cheetah in Sanskrit and classical Indian literature, information on paintings of cheetah in the India Office Library and Records, bibliographical remarks and different words used for cheetah and its diseases
Muzaffar Alam; Romila Thapar; U.P. Shah; Indian literature; Paintings
