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*[[Madras (Presidency)#External links|''Madras District Gazetteers'']]
 
*[[Madras (Presidency)#External links|''Madras District Gazetteers'']]
   
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*''Mysore and Coorg : A gazetteer compiled for the government of India'' by Lewis Rice Archive.org
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**[http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoreandcoorgm00ricegoog#page/n5/mode/1up  Volume 2, Mysore by Districts] 1876, [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924071131605#page/n0/mode/2up  Volume 3, Coorg] 1878
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:''Mysore: a Gazetteer compiled for Government Revised Edition''
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:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoregazetteerc01rice#page/n5/mode/2up  Volume 1, Mysore in General] 1897, [http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoreagazettee04ricegoog#page/n8/mode/1up  Volume 2 Mysore by Districts] 1897
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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]].     
 
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=i58nPEKQgYsC Volume 1, A-K] Google Books  
 
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=i58nPEKQgYsC Volume 1, A-K] Google Books  
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*''Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh'' (1877-1878) Archive .org  
 
*''Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh'' (1877-1878) Archive .org  
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024153987#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 1  A-G]  
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:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024153987#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 1  A-G][http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073057345#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2  H-M], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073057352#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 3 N-Z]
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073057345#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2  H-M]  
 
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073057352#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 3 N-Z]
 
  
 
===Burma===
 
===Burma===
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*''Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States'' (1900-1901) Archive.org
 
*''Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States'' (1900-1901) Archive.org
 
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerupperb01hardgoog  Part 1, Volume 1]  includes Chapter 10, Ethnology with Vocabularies   
 
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerupperb01hardgoog  Part 1, Volume 1]  includes Chapter 10, Ethnology with Vocabularies   
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerupperb03hardgoog Part 2, Volume 1 A-K]   
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:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerupperb03hardgoog Part 2, Volume 1 A-K], [http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerupperb02hardgoog Part 2, Volume 2 L-P], [http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerupperb00hardgoog Part 2, Volume 3 R-Z]
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerupperb02hardgoog Part 2, Volume 2 L-P]   
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:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerupperb00hardgoog Part 2, Volume 3 R-Z]
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===Ceylon===
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=66Hu-9OPWL4C&printsec=frontcover ''The Ceylon Gazetteer; containing an accurate account of the districts, provinces, cities, towns, principal villages, harbours, rivers, lakes &c. of the Island of Ceylon, together with sketches of the manners, customs, institutions, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, revenues, population, castes, religion, history of its various inhabitants''] 1834 Google Books
  
  

Revision as of 12:57, 21 September 2010

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

Mysore: a Gazetteer compiled for Government Revised Edition
  • Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh (1877-1878) Archive .org

Burma

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

Ceylon