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==External links==
==External links==
*The [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Roots India mailing list site], created by Ian Poyntz, has an excellent list of map links and also hosts many historical maps of regions and cities in British India.
*The [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Roots India mailing list site], created by Ian Poyntz, has an excellent list of map links and also hosts many historical maps of regions and cities in British India. Includes
 
**[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#area Constable's 1893 Area Maps] together with [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#index '''Index of place names''' for Constable's 1893 Area Maps]
*The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas has digitised many current and historical maps.
*The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas has digitised many current and historical maps.
:*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html Asia maps]
:*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html Asia maps]
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*[http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery?ql=eng&r=CentralSouthAsia&tc=912 Maps of Central and South Asia] World Digital Library includes
*[http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery?ql=eng&r=CentralSouthAsia&tc=912 Maps of Central and South Asia] World Digital Library includes
:*[http://www.wdl.org/en/item/388/?ql=eng&r=CentralSouthAsia&tc=912&view_type=gallery  1903 Map of India]. Easy to enlarge
:*[http://www.wdl.org/en/item/388/?ql=eng&r=CentralSouthAsia&tc=912&view_type=gallery  1903 Map of India]. Easy to enlarge
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/index.html Maps of South Asia] from the [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/#fwp website] of Prof. Frances Pritchett, Columbia University


*Railway maps
*Railway maps
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:*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/india.htm#map2 Railway map of India 1909] from the website “Frederick Lewis Dibblee”. This is a clear large  scale map.  
:*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/india.htm#map2 Railway map of India 1909] from the website “Frederick Lewis Dibblee”. This is a clear large  scale map.  


 
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Revision as of 22:31, 13 October 2012

Maps on FIBIwiki can be found in the Map Image Category. The FIBIS Search also a Maps section.

Other sources of maps on the wiki include:

Battle Maps

Sy Morse-Brown has created a number of Battle Maps detailing manoeuvres in wars, campaigns and battles. These can be browsed by campaign in the FIBIS Battle Maps category.

External links

  • Imperial Gazetteer of India Maps from the Digital South Asia Library,University of Chicago.
  • David Rumsey Map Collection South Asia which includes
These high-resolution historical maps have very good detail when increased in size.
  • Railway maps