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File:IHDC-1894-Mukerjee-Bijoya-bhang-drink.jpg

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Summary

Part of the written evidence of Babu Abhilas Chandra Mukerjee, witness 63, in the Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893-94, vol. IV, printed page 165, answer 32: bhang smashed with black pepper and spices, mixed with milk, sugar and water or coconut water, and given by the mistress of the house to the household and to visitors after the Bijoya Dasami.

Used in Cannabis in Bengali cuisine.

Source

  • Original: Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893-94, vol. IV: Evidence of Witnesses from Bengal and Assam (Calcutta, 1894), printed page 165 (page 181 of the PDF scan), https://archive.org/details/b32222920_0004.
  • Changes: cropped to Mukerjee's description of the bhang drink given to the household and to visitors on Bijoya Dasami, rendered at 300 dpi; tones not adjusted.
  • Identification: Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893-94, vol. IV, p. 165: evidence of Abhilas Chandra Mukerjee, answer 32.

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