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Maps on FIBIwiki can be found in the [[:Category:Map images|Map Image Category]]. The FIBIS Search also has a [httphttps://www.searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_classes&source_class=82 Maps section].
Other sources of maps on the wiki include:
:**[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.
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreenpager.html?object=28 ‘General Map of Railways, 1909] :**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreenpager.html?object=29 ‘Section 1 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North West India, 1909]:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreenpager.html?object=30 ‘Section 2 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North East India, 1909]:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreenpager.html?object=30 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
:*'''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.
:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreenpager.phphtml?object=30 ‘General Map of Railways', 1931]:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreenpager.phphtml?object=31 ‘Section 1 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North West India, 1931]:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreenpager.phphtml?object=32 ‘Section 2 Railways and Inland Navigation’ North East India, 1931]:**[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreenpager.phphtml?object=33 ‘Section 3 Railways and Inland Navigation’ South India, 1931]
==Battle Maps==
**[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#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://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/pakistan.html Pakistan maps]
:*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/sri_lanka.html Sri Lanka maps].
*[https://www.davidrumsey.com David Rumsey Map Collection ] which includes:*[httphttps://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/wheres/South+Asia 70p42d South Asia] which includes:*[httphttps://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/where/South+Asias/India 6513jy India],:*[httphttps://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/where/South+Asia/Indias/Pakistan 77mr78 Pakistan]
:These high-resolution historical maps have very good detail when increased in size.
*[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://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://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]
*[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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