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*''Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest'' by Edward Thornton (1844).  Includes the [[Sind]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Baluchistan]] and the [[Punjab]].     
 
*''Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest'' by Edward Thornton (1844).  Includes the [[Sind]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Baluchistan]] and the [[Punjab]].     

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A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory.

Imperial Gazetteer of India

The Imperial Gazetteer of India was created by Sir William Wilson Hunter in 1881.

The third edition, published between 1909 and 1931, is available online, at the Digital South Asia Library, consisting of 24 volumes of text, and 1 volume of maps. It was first published, due to the efforts of Sir William Wilson Hunter, in 9 volumes in 1881 with a second edition of 14 volumes in 1885–1887.

Other gazetteers

India

General

  • The East Indian Gazetteer by Walter Hamilton,
  • A-Z 1st edition (1815) Archive.org
  • Volume 2, I-Z 2nd edition (1828) Google Books

Regional

  • Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh (1877-1878) Archive .org

Burma

  • Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States (1900-1901) Archive.org