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Maps on FIBIwiki can be found in the [[:Category:Map images|Map Image Category]].  The FIBIS Search also a [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_classes&source_class=82 Maps section].
Maps on FIBIwiki can be found in the [[:Category:Map images|Map Image Category]].  The FIBIS Search also has a [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_classes&source_class=82 Maps section].


Other sources of maps on the wiki include:
Other sources of maps on the wiki include:
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:**[https://archive.org/stream/constableshandat00bart#page/n96/mode/1up  ‘Section 3 Railways, Telegraphs and Navigable Canals’ South India, 1893] from Archive.org
:**[https://archive.org/stream/constableshandat00bart#page/n96/mode/1up  ‘Section 3 Railways, Telegraphs and Navigable Canals’ South India, 1893] from Archive.org
:*'''1909 Railway Maps''' - ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909’ from  Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago.
:*'''1909 Railway Maps''' - ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909’ from  Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago.
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=28 ‘General Map of Railways, 1909]  
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/pager.html?object=28 ‘General Map of Railways, 1909]  
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=29 ‘Section 1 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North West India, 1909]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/pager.html?object=29 ‘Section 1 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North West India, 1909]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=30 ‘Section 2 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North East India, 1909]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/pager.html?object=30 ‘Section 2 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North East India, 1909]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=30 ‘Section 3 Railways and Inland Navigation’ South India, 1909]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/pager.html?object=31 ‘Section 3 Railways and Inland Navigation’ South India, 1909]
:*'''1919 Railway Map''' [http://purl.umn.edu/200755 1919 - 'Survey of India map of India showing railways, 1919]. University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia
:*'''1919 Railway Map''' [http://purl.umn.edu/200755 1919 - 'Survey of India map of India showing railways, 1919]. University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia
:*'''1920 Railway Map''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117013846/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/Map_of_India_(Railways)_1920.htm - 'Map of India (Railways), 1920] from Probert Encyclopaedia, now an archived webpage.
:*'''1920 Railway Map''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117013846/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/Map_of_India_(Railways)_1920.htm - 'Map of India (Railways), 1920] from Probert Encyclopaedia, now an archived webpage.
:*'''1931 Railway Maps'''  'Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1931’ from the Digital South Asia Library,University of Chicago.
:*'''1931 Railway Maps'''  'Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1931’ from the Digital South Asia Library,University of Chicago.
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=30 ‘General Map of Railways, 1931]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/pager.html?object=30 ‘General Map of Railways', 1931]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=31 ‘Section 1 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North West India, 1931]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/pager.html?object=31 ‘Section 1 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North West India, 1931]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=32 ‘Section 2 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North East India, 1931]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/pager.html?object=32 ‘Section 2 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North East India, 1931]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=33 ‘Section 3 Railways and Inland Navigation’ South India, 1931]
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/pager.html?object=33 ‘Section 3 Railways and Inland Navigation’ South India, 1931]


==Battle Maps==
==Battle Maps==
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Marcus was apparently delighted to find, using this principle, that OOMRAWUTTEE was modern AMRAOTI (both names will code to ‘-MRT’). He published a pamphlet which is long since out of print, with coded tables for the 3,900 Post Offices that existed in India in 1877, when they were renamed in standardised form and continued until independence.  
Marcus was apparently delighted to find, using this principle, that OOMRAWUTTEE was modern AMRAOTI (both names will code to ‘-MRT’). He published a pamphlet which is long since out of print, with coded tables for the 3,900 Post Offices that existed in India in 1877, when they were renamed in standardised form and continued until independence.  


The principle is quite easy to remember and helps enormously when looking up placenames in atlases and gazetteers.”<ref>Smith, Max [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2013-12/1385892683 Place Name] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 1 December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2014</ref>
The principle is quite easy to remember and helps enormously when looking up placenames in atlases and gazetteers.”<ref>Smith, Max. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201106122156/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=520643 Place Name] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 1 December 2013, archived. </ref>


==External links==
==External links==
*Maps from publications
**[http://purl.umn.edu/155721 ''Atlas of South India : in eighteen sheets, from Cape Comorin to the River Kistnah''.  1822] by A Arrowsmith. University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
**[https://archive.org/details/atlasofsouthernp00phar ''An Atlas of the Southern Part of India, including plans of all the principal towns & cantonments, reduced from the grand trigonometrical survey of India, shewing also the Tenasserim Provinces''] 1854. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/atlasofsouthernp00phar#page/n8/mode/1up Contents].  Also available on [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t6b285086?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Hathi Trust Digital Library] where the pages can be rotated, (but the images may be difficult to enlarge).
**[https://archive.org/details/constableshandat00bart/page/n6/mode/1up ''Constable's Hand Atlas of India''] 1893 Archive.org. See below for some of these maps rotated on the website "Historical Maps of India".
*: There is also a version of this ''Atlas'' on [https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/strx20 David Ramsey Map Collection]
**''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' Maps from the Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago.
*:*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909 1909 Maps]
*:*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931 1931 Maps]
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n13/mode/2up List of Maps of Towns and Cities 1911] The maps may then be located within the text of the book  ''A Handbook for Travellers in India Burma and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.  '''Note''': the full map will generally be the second map shown.
*:[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28+%22Handbook+for+Travellers+in+India+%22%29&sort=date Other editions of ''A Handbook for Travellers in India''] (Archive.org) from 1891 to 1982, which may similarly be searched for Maps.
**[https://archive.org/details/thackersreduceds00bart/page/n1/mode/2up ''Thacker's Reduced Survey Map of India''] 5th edition 1914, revised to date. With insert plans of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras and [https://archive.org/details/thackersreduceds00bart/page/n3/mode/2up "General Index"]. [https://archive.org/details/thackersreduceds00bart/page/64/mode/1up The Map] which can be increased in size. Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.509319/page/n3/mode/2up ''An Historical Atlas of the Indian Peninsula''] by  C. Collin Davies 1949.  Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. 
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Historical Maps of India], hosted by Rootsweb, 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://sites.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Historical Maps of India], hosted by Rootsweb, 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://sites.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#area  Constable's 1893 Area Maps] together with [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#index '''Index of place names''' for Constable's 1893 Area Maps]
**[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#area  Constable's 1893 Area Maps] together with [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#index '''Index of place names''' for Constable's 1893 Area Maps]
::See further below for ''Constable's Hand Atlas of India'' 1893.
::See further above for ''Constable's Hand Atlas of India'' 1893.
*[http://purl.umn.edu/155721 ''Atlas of South India : in eighteen sheets, from Cape Comorin to the River Kistnah''.  1822] by A Arrowsmith. University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
*[https://archive.org/details/atlasofsouthernp00phar ''An Atlas of the Southern Part of India, including plans of all the principal towns & cantonments, reduced from the grand trigonometrical survey of India, shewing also the Tenasserim Provinces''] 1854. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/atlasofsouthernp00phar#page/n8/mode/1up Contents].  Also available on [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t6b285086?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Hathi Trust Digital Library] where the pages can be rotated, (but the images may be difficult to enlarge).
*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.lib.utexas.edu/maps/pakistan.html Pakistan maps]
:*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/pakistan.html Pakistan maps]
:*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/sri_lanka.html Sri Lanka maps].  
:*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/sri_lanka.html Sri Lanka maps].  
 
*[https://www.davidrumsey.com David Rumsey Map Collection]  which includes
*Imperial Gazetteer of India Maps from the Digital South Asia Library,University of Chicago.
:*[https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/70p42d South Asia]  
:*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909 1909 Maps]
:*[https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/6513jy India],
:*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931 1931 Maps]
:*[https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/77mr78 Pakistan]
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n13/mode/2up List of Maps of Towns and Cities 1911] The maps may then be located within the text of the book ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.  '''Note''': the full map will generally be the second map shown.
 
*David Rumsey Map Collection [http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/where/South+Asia South Asia] which includes
:*[http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/where/South+Asia/India India],
:*[http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/where/South+Asia/India/Pakistan Pakistan]
:These high-resolution historical maps have very good detail when increased in size.
:These high-resolution historical maps have very good detail when increased in size.
*[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.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/maps/asia/ Maps of Asia]  British Library’s  Online Gallery
*[http://www.loc.gov/maps/ Library of Congress Maps Search]. Includes
**[http://www.loc.gov/item/2013593205/ The East Indies with the roads 1768]  The word ‘roads’ probably has the nautical meaning of  ‘partly sheltered anchorages’
**[http://www.loc.gov/item/2010586015/ Atlas of India: South] published 1862. 42 images. Maps are dated from 1827 to 1862. [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g7650m.gct00196 Alternative format] where the index page may be easier to view.
**[https://www.loc.gov/item/map56000567/ Collection of  314 maps of sections of India] c 1960. Click on “View 316 images in sequence”.
*[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au  National Library of Australia] has a collection of Digital maps. From the Search item  “Add limits”, select ‘NLA digitized material’
*[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au  National Library of Australia] has a collection of Digital maps. From the Search item  “Add limits”, select ‘NLA digitized material’
**Maps from ''The Colonial Church Atlas 3rd Edition 1850''
**Maps from ''The Colonial Church Atlas 3rd Edition 1850''
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**[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra317 1894 Atlas of India: containing sixteen maps & complete index]  with an introduction by Sir W.W. Hunter. Edinburgh ; London : W. & A. K. Johnston, 1894. Maps commence Part 49, Index commences Part 79.  [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4971585 Catalogue entry]
**[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra317 1894 Atlas of India: containing sixteen maps & complete index]  with an introduction by Sir W.W. Hunter. Edinburgh ; London : W. & A. K. Johnston, 1894. Maps commence Part 49, Index commences Part 79.  [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4971585 Catalogue entry]
**[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2070  1900 Map: Routes to India]  [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3385628 Catalogue entry]  
**[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2070  1900 Map: Routes to India]  [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3385628 Catalogue entry]  
*[https://archive.org/details/constableshandat00bart/page/n6/mode/1up ''Constable's Hand Atlas of India''] 1893 Archive.org. See above for some of these maps rotated on the website "Historical Maps of India".
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/maps/asia/ Maps of Asia]  British Library’s  Online Gallery
*[http://www.loc.gov/maps/ Library of Congress Maps Search]. Includes
**[http://www.loc.gov/item/2013593205/ The East Indies with the roads 1768]  The word ‘roads’ probably has the nautical meaning of  ‘partly sheltered anchorages’
**[http://www.loc.gov/item/2010586015/ Atlas of India: South] published 1862. 42 images. Maps are dated from 1827 to 1862. [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g7650m.gct00196 Alternative format] where the index page may be easier to view.
**[https://www.loc.gov/item/map56000567/ Collection of 314 maps of sections of India] c 1960. Click on “View 316 images in sequence”.
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek] contains some digital maps, including [[Calcutta#Maps|Calcutta maps]] . Search using term map or karte.  
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek] contains some digital maps, including [[Calcutta#Maps|Calcutta maps]] . Search using term map or karte.  
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en Qatar Digital Library] has maps of Persia including
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022744604.0x0000b6 1928 Map of Persia and Afghanistan].
:Currently (November 2014) all the maps are from the British Library India Office Records collection.
*[http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/advancedsearch?_collection=maps Harvard Map Collection: Digital Maps: Search]
*[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
*[http://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/ Abhilekh Patal] hosts the digital collection of the National Archives of India. Includes a collection of digitised [http://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/simple-search?location=&query=&sort_by=dc.date.accessioned_dt&order=desc&rpp=20&etal=0&filtername=subjectCollection&filtertype=equals&filterquery=Digitized%20Cartographic%20Records Cartographic Records], including "Historical, Forest and Revenue Maps of the Survey of India". Registration is required to view the documents. '''Note''', a researcher has had issues with this website and  although certain the website is legitimate, suspects a hacker may have been involved.<ref>The following link is now no longer accessible: ED, in Los Angeles. <nowiki>http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=12780#p68454</nowiki> National archives of India ''Victorian Wars Forum''  2 January 2019.  Includes comments about registering to view digital documents on Abhilekh Patal. Retrieved 3 January 2019.</ref>
*Post routes maps Gallica: Bibliothèque Nationale de France (click multiple times to enlarge)
*Post routes maps Gallica: Bibliothèque Nationale de France (click multiple times to enlarge)
**[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b530228569/f1.item Map of the Post Office Stations, Post and Bangy Routes throughout British India] 1838. Description of a bangy<ref>
**[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b530228569/f1.item Map of the Post Office Stations, Post and Bangy Routes throughout British India] 1838. Description of a bangy<ref>
[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=IYBXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA178#v=onepage&q=bangy%20&f=false Page 178 ''The General East-India Guide and Vade-mecum ... in British India and the Adjacent Parts of Asia (etc.)''] by J B Gilchrist 1825 Google Books </ref>.
[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=IYBXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA178#v=onepage&q=bangy%20&f=false Page 178 ''The General East-India Guide and Vade-mecum ... in British India and the Adjacent Parts of Asia (etc.)''] by J B Gilchrist 1825 Google Books </ref>.
**[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53063729m/f1.item India shewing the Post Roads and Dawk Stations]  by James Wyld  1860  
**[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53063729m/f1.item India shewing the Post Roads and Dawk Stations]  by James Wyld  1860  
*[http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/advancedsearch?_collection=maps Harvard Map Collection: Digital Maps: Search]
*[https://maps.nls.uk/india/survey-of-india/ Survey of India Maps for Southern India]  National Library of Scotland.
*[https://zenodo.org/communities/old-survey-of-india-maps?page=1&size=20 Old Survey of India Maps] Curated by: Mapman. zenodo.org. Includes
**[https://zenodo.org/record/3594450 Maps of Burma]. "A set of about 250 maps of Burma".
*[http://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/ Abhilekh Patal] hosts the digital collection of the National Archives of India. Includes a collection of digitised [http://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/simple-search?location=&query=&sort_by=dc.date.accessioned_dt&order=desc&rpp=20&etal=0&filtername=subjectCollection&filtertype=equals&filterquery=Digitized%20Cartographic%20Records Cartographic Records], including "Historical, Forest and Revenue Maps of the Survey of India". Registration is required to view the documents. '''Note''', a researcher has had issues with this website and  although certain the website is legitimate, suspects a hacker may have been involved.<ref>The following link is now no longer accessible: ED, in Los Angeles. <nowiki>http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=12780#p68454</nowiki> National archives of India ''Victorian Wars Forum''  2 January 2019.  Includes comments about registering to view digital documents on Abhilekh Patal. Retrieved 3 January 2019.</ref>
*[http://pahar.in/category/maps/ Maps] from PAHAR-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Also accessible from the drop down menu at the top of the webpage. Includes a category Survey of India Report Maps and a separate category Afghanistan, which in turn has British Maps which appear to be Survey of India maps.
*[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
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en Qatar Digital Library] has maps of Persia including
**[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022744604.0x0000b6 1928 Map of Persia and Afghanistan].
:Currently (November 2014) all the maps are from the British Library India Office Records collection.
*[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


*'''Military maps'''
*'''Military maps'''
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===About maps and place names===
===About maps and place names===
*[http://gyaninformationpedia.blogspot.com/2015/10/indian-sheet-numbering.html "Indian Sheet numbering"] for Survey of India maps. gyaninformationpedia.
*[http://www.scribd.com/doc/74258272/1945-Special-Series-No-31-Guide-to-Maps-of-the-Far-East ''(1945) Special Series No. 31 - Guide to Maps of the Far East''] published by Military Intelligence Division, War Department, Washington DC.  June 1, 1945 report providing instruction on how to use maps not issued by U.S. military forces.
*[http://www.scribd.com/doc/74258272/1945-Special-Series-No-31-Guide-to-Maps-of-the-Far-East ''(1945) Special Series No. 31 - Guide to Maps of the Far East''] published by Military Intelligence Division, War Department, Washington DC.  June 1, 1945 report providing instruction on how to use maps not issued by U.S. military forces.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3P0eJ-Onwk "Understanding Maps for Genealogists"] "Finding Obscure and Elusive Geographic Information on the Web" by James Tanner. Webinar by BYU Family History Library published May 2, 2016 YouTube.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3P0eJ-Onwk "Understanding Maps for Genealogists"] "Finding Obscure and Elusive Geographic Information on the Web" by James Tanner. Webinar by BYU Family History Library published May 2, 2016 YouTube.
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**[http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/IndiaandStates.htm  India and States]  Pre-Independence India and Princely States.([https://web.archive.org/web/20120120201731/http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/IndiaandStates.htm archive.org] link). Sourced from ''English Names for Indian Places; a Coded Index of Indian Post Offices'' by Marcus F C Martin, published 1966. Available at the [[British Library]]
**[http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/IndiaandStates.htm  India and States]  Pre-Independence India and Princely States.([https://web.archive.org/web/20120120201731/http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/IndiaandStates.htm archive.org] link). Sourced from ''English Names for Indian Places; a Coded Index of Indian Post Offices'' by Marcus F C Martin, published 1966. Available at the [[British Library]]
**[http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/pakistan.htm Pakistan], [http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/burma.htm Burma]
**[http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/pakistan.htm Pakistan], [http://worldpostmarks.net/HTML%20Countries/burma.htm Burma]
*[https://archive.org/details/acataloguemanus00offigoog/page/n3/mode/2up ''A catalogue of manuscript and printed reports, field books, memoirs, maps, etc., of the Indian Surveys, deposited in the Map Room of the India Office''] Printed by order of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India in Council. 1878 Archive.org
:[https://bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/file_sets/e6bb6ee8-6443-49d4-b819-ce192c1b8608?locale=en&_ga=2.90445402.1391013580.1643519540-2134952893.1637567471 Same underlying text, but with handwritten alterations, deletions etc], with a link to a pdf download. British Library bl.iro.bl.uk


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Latest revision as of 11:45, 19 May 2023

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

Other sources of maps on the wiki include:

Railway Maps

See also page 'Maps of Indidual Indian Railways

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.

Also see

Place Names in India

Marcus F C Martin, a geographer devised a simple way to understand the old English spellings for Indian places. “For example, FATEHPUR (‘City of Victory’) is a fairly common placename and by the mid-19th century it could be spelled in at least seven ways: FUTTIHPOOR, FUTIHPORE, FUTTAPORE, FUTTEHPOOR, FUTTIPOUR, FUTTYPOOR, FUTTYPORE etc. Marcus saw that the consonants were fairly accurate and could be reduced to a short code: here ‘FTP’ or, if you prefer 4 characters, ‘FTPR’. Then

a.. treat soft ‘c’, ‘ch’ and ‘chh’ as being the same;
b.. treat hard ‘c’, ‘k’ and ‘q’ also as the same; and
c.. treat double consonants as single (‘ck’ as ‘k’, ‘tt’ as ‘t’ etc);
d.. Ignore vowels, except at the beginning of a name, when they should be replaced by a wildcard, such as a dash (-).

Marcus was apparently delighted to find, using this principle, that OOMRAWUTTEE was modern AMRAOTI (both names will code to ‘-MRT’). He published a pamphlet which is long since out of print, with coded tables for the 3,900 Post Offices that existed in India in 1877, when they were renamed in standardised form and continued until independence.

The principle is quite easy to remember and helps enormously when looking up placenames in atlases and gazetteers.”[1]

External links

See further above for Constable's Hand Atlas of India 1893.
  • The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas has digitised many current and historical maps.
These high-resolution historical maps have very good detail when increased in size.
Currently (November 2014) all the maps are from the British Library India Office Records collection.
  • Ceylon maps
See Ceylon
  • Singapore and Southeast Asia. Rare Maps Collection: A digital collection of Singapore and Southeast Asia's print heritage from BookSG, National Library Singapore.

About maps and place names

Same underlying text, but with handwritten alterations, deletions etc, with a link to a pdf download. British Library bl.iro.bl.uk

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Max. Place Name Rootsweb India Mailing List 1 December 2013, archived.
  2. ↑ Page 178 The General East-India Guide and Vade-mecum ... in British India and the Adjacent Parts of Asia (etc.) by J B Gilchrist 1825 Google Books
  3. ↑ The following link is now no longer accessible: ED, in Los Angeles. http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=12780#p68454 National archives of India Victorian Wars Forum 2 January 2019. Includes comments about registering to view digital documents on Abhilekh Patal. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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