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James Rennell: The Father of the Indian Survey

Atlas Vallard
Peninsula Indiae citra Gangem hoc est orae celeberrimae Malabar et Coromandel: cum adjacente insula non minus celebratissima Ceylon
A map of Bengal, Bahar, Oude & Allahabad : with part of Agra and Delhi, exhibiting the course of the Ganges from Hurdwar to the sea
Théâtre de la guerre dans l'Inde sur la coste de Coromandel
A map of the north part of Hindostan or a geographical survey of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, Awd, Ellahabad, Agra and Delhi
A map of the provinces of Delhi, Agrah, Oude, and Ellahabad : comprehending the countries lying between Delhi and the Bengal-provinces
A Bengal atlas: containing maps of the theatre of war and commerce on that side of Hindostan
A map of Hindoostan, or the Mogul Empire : from the latest authorities
Memoir of a map of Hindoostan; or, The Mogul empire: with an introduction, illustrative of the geography and present division of that country: and a map of the countries situated between the heads of the Indian rivers, and the Caspian Sea

The Survey of India

Surveying India Exhibit Section
Tibetan Prayer Beads
Surveyor's Pocket Compass
English Sextant
Thacker's reduced survey map of India
Ganges canal. A disquisition on the heads of the Ganges of Jumna canals, North-western Provinces
A history of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan, from the year 1745. To which is prefixed, A dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan
Heyne's India; Tracts, Historical and Statistical, on India ; with Journals of Several Tours Through Various Parts of the Peninsula
Overland route to India
A new chart of part of the coast of Coremandell from Armegon to Bimlepatam
The southern countries of India from Madrass to Cape Comorin : describing the routes of the armies commanded by Colonels Fullerton and Humberston, during the campaigns of 1782, 1783 & 1784
A memoir on the Indian surveys

Colonization

Colonial India Exhibit Section
The complete Indian housekeeper & cook; giving duties of mistress and servants, the general management of the house and practical recipes for cooking in all its branches
Evenemens- Historiques Interessans
Mahabharata- Books 1-3
A New Map of East India
Map of India : constructed with great care and research from all the latest authorities and intended more particularly to facilitate a reference to the civil and military stations
Special-Carte von der halb-insel Indiens dieserts dem Ganges
Carte de l'Inde : dressée pour la Compagnie des Indes

Al-Idrisi to Ptolemy: Early Maps of India

Early Maps of India Exhibit Section
Sūrat al-ard lil-Sharīf al-Idrīsī al-mutawaffa sanat 560
Genoese World Map
Il Mappamondo di Fra Mauro
Boke of Idrography
Nansenbushū bankoku shōka no zu
Orbis antiqvi tabvlae geographicae secundum Cl. Ptolemaevm, cum indice philologico absolutissimo omnium locorum, montium, fluminum, &c. in tabulis occurrentium, situm, nomina recentiora, & alia eò pertinentia, lineis per ipsas ductis, accuratissime indicante; in vsvm geographiae veteris stvdiosorvm (Asiae XII)
The First Volume of the 5,453 Names of the Buddha

Sumathi Ramaswamy's Research and Mother India

Mother India Exhibit Section
The Goddess and the Nation

About This Exhibit

James Rennell Exhibit Section