Bullock Carts and Boats: Communication across the Land and Waterways of Nineteenth-Century Bengal
Author:
Dr.Bidyut Hari
Independent Scholar
Department of History
Kazi Nazrul University
West Bengal,India
Email: bidyuthari47@gmail.com
Abstract::Bengal was the nodal point of early British administration in India, in the matter of communication and governance. The article shows how land and river transport were essentially the main means of interconnectivity between villages and emerging towns. The rivers were natural roads that helped to facilitate the transportation of goods, people, and ideas, while inland routes and cart tracks connected inner regions with market and administrative centers.The paper looks into the difficulties and relative ease of travel, along with patterns of accessibility that bear on Bengal’s economy and social mobility.
Key Words::Bullock Carts, Boats, Dawk Choukis, Travel Fare,Land ,River etc.
