Guidelines for Contributors

Articles to be submitted for publication in the journal should be printed, double-spaced on one side of A4 size paper with generous margins, and should not normally exceed 10,000 words and be sent in duplicate together with a floppy in MS Word. A quotation that will run more than fifty words should be set off as a single-spaced, double-indented paragraph. Notes and references should be numbered consecutively throughout and be placed at the foot of the page. Tables should be given separate numbers in the manuscript, such as Table 1, Table 2 etc. with running headings. Illustrations, graphs and charts should be drawn in deep blue ink on thick drawing papers clearly and legibly within the printing area with appropriate legends.

Notes and References should be cited as under:

1. P.J. Marshall, Bengal: The British Bridgehead, The Cambridge History of India, (Cambridge 1987), p. 77.

2. Willem Van Schendel, ‘Economy of the Working Classes’. Sirajul Islam (ed.), History of Bangladesh 1704-1971, Vol. II, (Economic History), (Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 1992), pp. 542-99.

3. W.H. Morris-Jones, “Pakistan Post-Mortem and the Roots of Bangladesh”, Political Quarterly, Vol. 18 (April-June), 1972, pp. 187-200.

DECLARATION

A manuscript which is concurrently under consideration by another journal or press or which has been published elsewhere will not be considered for publication in the Journal.

The author of a paper will sign a declaration to the effect that (i) the work submitted has been written by him/her; s/he takes public responsibility for the content of the paper; (iii) the content of the paper has not been published before in any referred scientific journal or has not been submitted to such journal for publication; and (iv) he/she accords consent to the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh to publish the paper.

BOOK REVIEW

Books sent to the journal for review should be given in duplicate.