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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20110614131444/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/lstrepr.htm  Gazetteers of Central Provinces and Berar]. Digital reprints by  Maharashtra State Gazetteers Department, of some individual Districts, including Nagpur (archived webpage)
 
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20110614131444/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/lstrepr.htm  Gazetteers of Central Provinces and Berar]. Digital reprints by  Maharashtra State Gazetteers Department, of some individual Districts, including Nagpur (archived webpage)
 
*[http://www.archive.org/details/supplementtofact00growrich  ''A supplement to the Fatehpur Gazetteer''] 1887 Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/details/supplementtofact00growrich  ''A supplement to the Fatehpur Gazetteer''] 1887 Archive.org
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*''The Himalayan Gazetteer  or the Himalayan Districts of the North Western Province of India'' by Edwin T Atkinson in 3 Volumes (6 Parts) originally published 1882, 1884, 1886 is  available, in a reprint edition, to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Covers the regions of Kumaon and Garhwal. This area is now the state of Uttarakhand. Volume 1, part 1 Contents computer page 12; Volume 1, part 2 Contents cp 12, Index cp 536; Volume 2, part 1 Contents cp18; Volume 2, part 2 Contents cp 16 Index cp 458, includes History of the British in the area; Volume 3, part 1 Contents cp 10 Place names A-J; Volume 3, part 2 Contents cp 8 Place names K-Z.
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*''The Himalayan Districts of the North Western Provinces of India'' Volumes I, II and III by Edwin T Atkinson published 1882, 1884, 1886 as Volumes X, XI, XII of ''Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-Western Provinces of India'' [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/IFLUJKZ7HXEEFPXISHCIAJY45YF5LLSX  Volume I/Volume X], [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/W57IR7Y7GX4B7EXNVE7D3SBKLJNPOVGH  Volume II/Volume XI],[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/2HMTNQMGV7CTKJAWGJZJNKWEJV2TIYUM Volume III/Volume XII] [[Online books#Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek| Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]]
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**''The Himalayan Gazetteer  or the Himalayan Districts of the North Western Provinces of India'' by Edwin T Atkinson in 3 Volumes (6 Parts) is  available, in a reprint edition, to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Covers the regions of Kumaon and Garhwal. This area is now the state of Uttarakhand. Volume 1, part 1 Contents computer page 12; Volume 1, part 2 Contents cp 12, Index cp 536; Volume 2, part 1 Contents cp18; Volume 2, part 2 Contents cp 16 Index cp 458, includes History of the British in the area; Volume 3, part 1 Contents cp 10 Place names A-J; Volume 3, part 2 Contents cp 8 Place names K-Z.
 
** Three volumes of a reprint edition of the ''The Himalayan Gazetteer'' are available to read online on the [http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp Panjab Digital Library]. It is necessary to first register to read more than the first few pages.[http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=8151&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched  Volume 1, Part 1], [http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=8149&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched Volume 2, Part 1], [http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=8148&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched= Volume 3, Part 1] Possibly each volume also includes Part 2
 
** Three volumes of a reprint edition of the ''The Himalayan Gazetteer'' are available to read online on the [http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp Panjab Digital Library]. It is necessary to first register to read more than the first few pages.[http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=8151&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched  Volume 1, Part 1], [http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=8149&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched Volume 2, Part 1], [http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=8148&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched= Volume 3, Part 1] Possibly each volume also includes Part 2
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=hqE8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP5  ''Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Indore''] (Central India) 1971 Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=hqE8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP5  ''Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers: Indore''] (Central India) 1971 Google Books
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*[http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0000088800000000 ''Gazetteer of the District of Rangoon, Pegu Province, British Burma : together with an historical account of that portion of the province which was formerly known as Han-Tha-Wa-Dee'']  by Malcolm B. S.Lloyd , Captain, Madras Staff Corps, Deputy Commissioner of the Rangoon District 1868. Staatsbibliothek  Berlin 
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea ''The British Burma Gazetteer''] Volume 2, A-Z (1879) Archive.org   
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea ''The British Burma Gazetteer''] Volume 2, A-Z (1879) Archive.org   
  

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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.

Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series

In 1908/1909 the Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series was published with the following publications:
v. [1] Afghanistan and Nepal - v. [2] Andaman and Nicobar Islands - v. [3] Baluchistan - v. [4] Baroda - v. [5]-[6] Bengal, v. 1-2 - v. [7] Berar-- v. [8]-[9] Bombay Presidency, v. 1-2 - v. [10]-[11] Burma, v. 1-2 --v. [12] Central India - v. [13] Central Provinces - v. [14] Eastern Bengal and Assam - v. [15] Hyderabad State-- v. [16] Kashmir and Jammu - v. [17]-[18] Madras, v. 1-2 - v. [19] Mysore and Coorg. - v. [20] North-West Frontier Province - v. [21]-[22] Punjab, v. 1-2 - v. [23] Rajputana - v. [24]-[25] United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
The following are available on Archive.org

Other gazetteers

India

General

  • The East Indian Gazetteer by Walter Hamilton,
  • A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Countries by Walter Hamilton 1820 Volume 1, Volume 2 Google Books

Regional

The following volumes may be viewed online on the Digital Library of India website. Except for Volume VII, they are not calalogued under 'Baluchistan District'
  • Volume I Zhob District catalogued as Zhob District Gazetteer; Volume V Quetta-Pishin District by R Hughes-Buller ICS 1907 catalogued as Quetta-Pishin District Gazetteer; Volumes VI, VI-A and VI-B Sarawan, Kachhi And Jhalawan catalogued as Sarawan, Kachhi And Jhalawan vol.6; Volumes VII and VIIA: Makran and Kharan. Makran Contents, computer page 14. Volume VIIA Kharan commences computer page 386, Contents computer page 390
Other volumes in the series, not generally available online, appear to be Bolan, Chagai, Las Bela (Volume 8). Volume 9 appears to be an Index to Volumes 1-8. Viewers in some countries, probably including North America, may be able to access volumes on the Google Books or Hathi Trust websites.
Mysore and Coorg : A gazetteer compiled for the government of India by Lewis Rice Archive.org
Mysore: a Gazetteer compiled for Government Revised Edition
Mysore Gazetteer edited by C. Hayavadana Rao published 1927-1930 in 5 volumes (Volume 2 is in 4 parts) (total 8). Volume 1, Descriptive; Volume 2, Historical (in 4 Parts); Volume 3, Economic; Volume 4, Administrative; Volume 5, Gazetteer; is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. One volume is available on Archive.org Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2 Part 4:Historical, Modern Period c 1930
Volume I- Karachi District, 1919, Volume II- Hyderabad District 1927, Volume III -Sukkur District 1928 (catalogued as b vol.iii (karachi district)), Volume IV- Larkana District 1927, Volume V- Nawabshah District 1926, Volume VI-Thar and Parkar District 1926 (Not available online: B Volume VII Upper Sind Frontier District, but it is probably available at the British Library).

Afghanistan

  • Refer Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest by Edward Thornton (1844) under India, Regional
  • Refer Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series above

Burma

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

Ceylon

Volume 1, A-K 1896, Volume 2, L-Z 1898

Nepal

  • Refer Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series above

Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia

  • Three volumes of the Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia by J G Lorimer, Indian Civil Service, are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, being Parts I and II (missing Part III), of Volume 1, Historical, published 1915 and the Geographical section of Volume II, Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer, published 1908.
Both Parts of Volume I, Historical, have the same extensive index, covering all Parts. Part I consists of the 'Arabian' portion of the History. Part I Contents computer pages 12-137. Text commences cp 138. Part II consists of the 'Persian' section of the History. Part II Contents computer pages 10-133. Text commences cp 134. Appendix "Published books and articles" cp 1210. Part III is not available online.
Volume II Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer. There is no Index. Introduction pages i-iii are missing. The text is cp 8-2047 and appears to be all Geographical. The Statistical portion is not available online.

External links

  • India List post by Max Smith regarding Marcus F C Martin, a geographer who 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.”

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