About the Book :

This gazetteer provides encyclopaedic information about the district of Gaya. Describing important aspects of its land and people, it gives a detailed account of its physical features, history, popular religion, public health, agriculture and irrigation, natural calamities systems of rent payment, land revenue system, occupations, means of communication, public and justice administration, education, and local self-government. The sanctity of Gaya pilgrimage has also been highlighted.

About Author :

Lewis Sidney Steward O' Malley I.C.S. was educated at Edward School, Normich and graduated from Hertford College, Oxford. He was appointed in 1897. He arrived in India on 7th Dec 1898 and Served in Bengal as Assistant Magistrate and Collector. He later joined as Under Secretary to Govt. General and Revenue Department, in July 1903.