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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024077806#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of Behar Indigo Factories ; Reminiscences of Behar ; Tirhoot and its inhabitants of the past ; History of Behar Light Horse Volunteers''] by Minden Wilson 1908 Archive.org
*''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: their history, people, commerce and industrial resources'' by Somerset Playne and J W Bond 1917 on the Archive.org website has a chapter on [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/254/mode/2up "Indigo in Behar"] and [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/268/mode/2up "The Behar Planters Association, Ltd"]
*[https://archive.org/details/ignorantinindia00vernrich ''An Ignorant in India''] by R E Venede 1911 Archive.org The author was visiting a friend who was a Collector in an indigo region in Bengal
===Other===
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/TO_N_qFrSz-Go6vYbjevNw Model of an Indian indigo factory]bbc.co.uk
*[http://www.plantcultures.org/plants/indigo_landing.html Indigo] from Plant Cultures includes information on [http://www.kew.org/plant-cultures/plants/indigo_history.html plant history] and [http://www.kew.org/plant-cultures/plants/indigo_production__trade.html production]
*[http://www.merchantnetworks.com.au/periods/1800after/1827indigo.htm Decline of Indigo business in India] from [http://www.merchantnetworks.com.au/sitemap.htm Merchant Networks]
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-09/1316937558 post] advises that the word 'mookarrarie' which appears in ''History of Behar Indigo Factories'' means 'a permanent tenure'.
 
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