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Inscriptions in online books
*''Asiaticus : In Two Parts. Part One, Ecclesiastical, Chronological and Historical Sketches. [http://books.google.com/books?id=xHYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA61 Part Two, the Epitaphs in the Different Burial Grounds in and about Calcutta''] by John Hawkesworth 1803. (80 pages) (Google Books)
*''[http://books.google.com/books?id=3HYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11 The Complete Monumental Register: Containing All the Epitaphs in the Different Churches and Burial Grounds in and about Calcutta...together with General Inscriptions from the Presidencies of Madras, Bombay etc.]]'' by M Derozario 1815 (230 pages) (Google Books). [http://books.google.com/books?id=3HYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA225 Index of names].The author advises he has borrowed the contents of ''Asiaticus'' by Mr Hawkesworth and of the ''Oriental Obituary'' by Mr Urquhart of Madras.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=T-HwSiLns14C&printsec=frontcover ''The Bengal Obituary: or, a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth, being a compilation of tablets and monumental inscriptions from various parts of the Bengal and Agra presidencies''] 1851 Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=T-HwSiLns14C&pg=PA399 Index of Names] *[https://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&frbg=&tab=default_tab&dstmp=1388671506558&srt=rank&ct=search&mode=Basic&dum=true&indx=1&vl(freeText0)=%22List%20of%20inscriptions%20on%20tombs%20or%20monuments%20in%20Bengal%22%20&fn=search&vid=FHD_PUBLIC '' List of inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Bengal possessing historical or archaeological interest''] by C R Wilson, 1896 is available as a free pdf type download from [[Online books#Family History Books| FamilySearch]] (located, if the given link is not permanent, by [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search searching the Library catalogue]). Includes index. Part I contains the Calcutta inscriptions; part II contains inscriptions from the Lower Provinces. c 248 pages This link may have download problems during maintenance night time Utah Time (Utah Time=GMT less seven hours). Try again at another time. Adobe Acrobat reader probably required.
*[http://www.archive.org/details/listofinscriptio00blunuoft ''List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh''] by Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt (1911) Archive.org
*List in ''Bengal, Past and Present Volume 41, Part 2, April-June 1931'' called "Monumental Inscriptions in the United Provinces Part 2" pages 148-156 by Captain H Bullock (computer page 72) [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalpastprese01socigoog#page/n72/mode/1up Archive.org]. Includes some corrections to Blunt transcriptions.<br> (Part 1 is pages 58-67 Volume 41, January-March 1931, unfortunately not online, but available at the [[British Library]])<br>Further monumental inscriptions are in Volume 44 (of BPP), page 169 but computer page 78,which may be read online on the Digital Library of India website. (contents is computer page 7 and volume commences at page 103) Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site.
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