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==Atlases==
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''Constable's hand atlas of India'', prepared under the direction of J. G. Bartholomew.  Westminster: A. Constable, 1893
  
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This excellent old atlas with 60 clear coloured maps and plans is available in a number of research libraries around the world. Ian Poyntz has made the area maps available on [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#area Rootsweb]. The [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#index index] is also available and it is a good starting point as it makes pinpointing the required location so much easier. Problems that variant spellings of place names cause can often be overcome by browsing the index.
  
 
==Gazetteers==
 
==Gazetteers==

Revision as of 10:21, 19 November 2009

Atlases

  • Bartholomew, John

Constable's hand atlas of India, prepared under the direction of J. G. Bartholomew. Westminster: A. Constable, 1893


This excellent old atlas with 60 clear coloured maps and plans is available in a number of research libraries around the world. Ian Poyntz has made the area maps available on Rootsweb. The index is also available and it is a good starting point as it makes pinpointing the required location so much easier. Problems that variant spellings of place names cause can often be overcome by browsing the index.

Gazetteers