Answer:
(i) An entire
area in central Calcutta?the Battala was devoted to the printing of popular
books.
(ii) Here one could buy cheap editions of religious
tracts and scriptures.
(iii) Alot of these books were illustrated
with woodcuts and coloured lithographs.
(iv) Pedlars took the Battala publications to
their homes, enabling women to read them in their leisure time.
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