Bharatkosh
Encyclopedia
The Bharatkosh is a general Bengali language
encyclopedia in five volumes published by the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad. In 1959, the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad with financial help from Government of India and Government of West Bengal started compiling the Bharatkosh. The fifth and the final volume was published in 1973. Bharatkosh has not been updated since its first publication. The concise on-line version of Bharatkosh hosted by Bengali information website, Abasar
, has some of its census information updated.
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
encyclopedia in five volumes published by the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad. In 1959, the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad with financial help from Government of India and Government of West Bengal started compiling the Bharatkosh. The fifth and the final volume was published in 1973. Bharatkosh has not been updated since its first publication. The concise on-line version of Bharatkosh hosted by Bengali information website, Abasar
Abasar - An Information Website in Bengali
-Background:Established in 2002, it covers health, law, environment, women's issues, science, literature, culture, food, art and film. The site contains a concise version of the famous encyclopedia, Bharatkosh...
, has some of its census information updated.