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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.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://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#area Constable's 1893 Area Maps] together with [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#index '''Index of place names''' for Constable's 1893 Area Maps]
::[https://archive.org/details/constableshandat00bart ''Constable's Hand Atlas of India''] 1893 Archive.org. Note digital file may be slow to open.
*[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.
**[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53063729m/f1.item India shewing the Post Roads and Dawk Stations] by James Wyld 1860
*Railway maps (archive:*Two orientations of the same 1871 map, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Old_maps_of_the_Indian_Subcontinent#/media/File:IndianRailways1871b.jpg A] and [https://commons.wikimedia.org links are used)/wiki/Category:Old_maps_of_the_Indian_Subcontinent#/media/File:IndiaRailwaysCompletedBy1871.jpg B], the latter map includes Burma. Wikimedia.:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130124084136/http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/india.htm 1882 Railway map of India 1882] from the website “Frederick Lewis Dibblee”. :*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121028191856/http://irfca.org/faq/map/1893rly.jpg 1893 Railway map of India 1893] Irfca.org. This appears to be from ''Constable's Hand Atlas of India'':**[https://webarchive.archiveorg/stream/constableshandat00bart#page/n92/mode/1up Section 2 [N/E<nowiki>]</nowiki>] ''Constable's Hand Atlas of India'' Archive.org:*1909 Railway maps from ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' from the Digital South Asia Library,University of Chicago.:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/webreference/20130124084136gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=28 1909 General Map of Railways] :**[http://gwydirdsal.demonuchicago.coedu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.ukhtml?object=29 Section 1 [N/W<nowiki>]</nowiki>]:**[http://jodsal.uchicago.edu/genealogyreference/dibbleegaz_atlas_1909/indiafullscreen.htm#map2 Railway map of India 1909html?object=30 Section 2 [N/E<nowiki>]</nowiki>] from the website “Frederick Lewis Dibblee”:**[http://dsal.uchicago. This is a clear large scale mapedu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen. html?object=30 Section 3 [S<nowiki>]</nowiki>]:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131117013846/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/Map_of_India_(Railways)_1920.htm Map of India (Railways) 1920] Probert Encyclopaedia, now an archived webpage.:*1931 Railway maps from ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' from the Digital South Asia Library,University of Chicago.:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=30 General Railway Map]:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=31 Section 1 [N/W<nowiki>]</nowiki>]:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=32 Section 2 [N/E<nowiki>]</nowiki>]:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=33 Section 3 [S<nowiki>]</nowiki>]
*Military maps
**[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/n8/mode/1up Map of Military Stations in India c 1864] from ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/constableshandat00bart#page/n80/mode/1up Military Map of the Indian Empire 1893] ''Constable's Hand Atlas of India'' Archive.org**[https://web.archive.org/web/20131117010231/http://www.retronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/India-railways-and-Cantonments-1928.jpg Map: Railways and Cantonments 1928] produced by General Staff India. [http://www.retronaut.com/2012/12/india-railways-and-cantonments-1928/ retronaut.com] . May also be acessed through the [http://pinterest.com/pin/288300813615621900/ same map], but smaller scale, on pinterest.com, by clicking through to first link, and then double clicking for enlarged version.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141012164004/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/index.html Probert Encyclopaedia :The Internet Map Archive] , now an archived website. These are low resolution maps but may be useful for an overview **[https://web.archive.org/web/20131117011832/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/Map_of_Indian_Empire_(Northern_Section)_1936.htm Map of Indian Empire (Northern Section) 1936], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117012059/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/Map_of_Indian_Empire_(Southern_Section)_1936.htm Map of Indian Empire (Southern Section) 1936], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117012236/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/Map_of_Indian_Empire_(Eastern_Section)_1936.htm Map of Indian Empire (Eastern Section) 1936] Includes Burma. (archive.org links used forr mapsarchived webpages)
*Burma maps
