PREFACE

PREFACE

I am happy to bring out this Facsimile Reproduction of the Kolhapur District Gazetteer, which was first published in 1886, by the British Government in the Series of Gazetteers of the Bombay Presidency. The Volume was edited by Mr. James M. Campbell, I.C.S. This encyclopaedic volume was published 112 years ago and has now become scarce and gone out of print. The second revised edition of the Kolhapur District Gazetteer was published by this Department in 1960. However, the utility of the Kolhapur District Gazetteer in the Old Series is still undiminished, because it contains authentic and very useful information on several aspects of life, and has an impress of profound scholarship and Learning. It has not lost its utility due to the mere passage of time. It is, therefore, felt necessary to preserve this treasure of knowledge for posterity. There is also a demand from scholars that all the Old Gazetteers should be reprinted even though a revised edition is available. With these considerations in view the Gazetteer Volumes in the Old Series are being reprinted. I am sure, scholars and studious persons will find them very useful.

I am thankful to Smt. Neela Satyanarayana, Secretary, Cultural Affairs Department for her encouragement in this work and the Director, Government Printing and Stationery, Shri P. S. More and the Manager, Government Photozinco Press, Pune, Shri U. S. Sonawane and other staff in the Press for expeditiously completing the work of reprinting.