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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n8/mode/2up  ''A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679'']  by Thomas Bowrey, edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple 1905 Archive.org.  Includes [http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n22/mode/2up Madras and the Coromandel Coast]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n8/mode/2up  ''A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679'']  by Thomas Bowrey, edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple 1905 Archive.org.  Includes [http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n22/mode/2up Madras and the Coromandel Coast]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OARXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 ''The Madras Road Book. Edition - 1839''], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OARXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA143 Index],  [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OARXAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA3 Alphabetical List of the Madras Collectorates] with details. Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OARXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 ''The Madras Road Book. Edition - 1839''], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OARXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA143 Index],  [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OARXAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA3 Alphabetical List of the Madras Collectorates] with details. Google Books
*''Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire from the Official Records of the Colonial Office'' by  Robert Montgomery Martin 1839 Google Books. ''Book IV- Possessions in Asia'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PvtqMe2cxhoC&pg=PA273 "Chapter I-Hindostan"] pages 273-368
*[https://archive.org/details/routesinpeninsu00scotgoog ''‪Routes in the Peninsula of India‬: ‪Comprising the Whole of the Madras Presidency and Portions of the Adjacent Territories of Bengal and Bombay''‬] by Major F H Scott, Quartermaster General of the Madras Army 1853  Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/routesinpeninsu00scotgoog ''‪Routes in the Peninsula of India‬: ‪Comprising the Whole of the Madras Presidency and Portions of the Adjacent Territories of Bengal and Bombay''‬] by Major F H Scott, Quartermaster General of the Madras Army 1853  Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3864349?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Manual of the Bellary District''] by John Kelsall, Madras Civil Service, Acting Sub-Collector, North Arcot 1872. Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3864349?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Manual of the Bellary District''] by John Kelsall, Madras Civil Service, Acting Sub-Collector, North Arcot 1872. Hathi Trust Digital Library

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An adminsitrative subdivision of British India. The Madras Presidency covered the southern half of India and Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka).

See Presidencies in the Beginners' Guide

Maps

See also

External Links

Historical books online

Also see Madras (City)

Many editions are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, under the title Madras District Gazetteers
1862-63 1864, 1864-65 1866, 1865-66 1866, 1867-68 1868, 1868-69 1869 Google Books; 1869-70 1870, 1870-71 1872 Archive.org