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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101129164152/http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/13/stories/2002111300060300.htm A pioneering institution <nowiki>[</nowiki>The Madras Survey School<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by S. Muthiah 13 November 2002 The Hindu
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140125143502/http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b66_317.pdf "Science in British India" by RK Kochhar ''Indian Journal of History of Science''] 34(4) 1999 pp317-346. Includes information about Surveys . Page 329 (page 13 of the link) states 'Madras Observatory ran a surveying school from 1794 to 1810 to train teenager European orphaned boys as practical revenue surveyors'.
*From 1794 the brighter students at the Madras Male Orphanage, usually boys of mixed blood, were recruited to the Survey school.<ref> Rootsweb India List post West, Shirley. [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/INDIAindia.rootsweb.com/2011-02thread/1316102/1298802118 Revenue Surveyor] by Shirley West ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 27 Feb February 2011 (retrieved 14 5 April 20142019).</ref>
*[http://www.holdiches.com/sir-thomas-hungerford-holdich-1843-1929/ Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich 1843 – 1929] His Life Story, Chapters 1-5 cover his time in India. (click on the drop down menu). He became a Royal Engineer and he was sent to India on attachment to the Survey Department. His first campaign was in [[Duar War|Bhutan in 1865]]. This led to his permanent appointment to the Survey Department. He subsequently served in the [[2nd Afghan War]]. he was appointed as Surveyor to the Historical Boundary Commission which was to settle the boundary between Russia and Afghanistan, and then Chief Commissioner to settle the boundary between Persia and Baluchistan He was involved with the [[Tirah Campaign|1898 campaign against the Afridis]], but soon had to retire as he had reached the age of 55. The Holdich Family History Society (retrieved 14 April 2014). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holdich Thomas Holdich] Wikipedia. For online books, refer below.
*[http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pundits-mapping-india-british "The Spies Who Mapped Great Swathes of South Asia by Foot"] by Eleanor Cummins April 17, 2017. atlasobscura.com
**[https://archive.org/details/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol4ByPhillimore ''Volume IV 1830 to 1843 George Everest'' [Surveyor General and Superintendent<nowiki>]</nowiki>] published 1958 Archive.org
***[https://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol4ByPhillimore/Historical%20Records%20of%20Survey%20of%20India%20Vol%204%20by%20Phillimore#page/n11/mode/2up Contents], [https://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol4ByPhillimore/Historical%20Records%20of%20Survey%20of%20India%20Vol%204%20by%20Phillimore#page/n463/mode/2up Biographical Notes] page 415, [https://archive.org/stream/HistoricalRecordsOfSurveyOfIndiaVol4ByPhillimore/Historical%20Records%20of%20Survey%20of%20India%20Vol%204%20by%20Phillimore#page/n529/mode/2up Index] page 477
**''Volume V 1844-1861'', published 1968, (first published 1964) may be downloaded as a pdf from [http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/rarebooks/ Digital Himalaya at University of Cambridge, UK],(scroll down) (as may earlier volumes) (large files up to 47 MB). Volume V was withdrawn by the Indian Government soon after it was published, because of the strategic sensitivity of some of the subject matter. political reasons<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141130063031/http://www.abebooks.co.uk/HISTORICAL-RECORDS-SURVEY-INDIA-Volumes-Phillimore/5703551383/bd abebooks.co.uk, now an archived webpage.]</ref> [strategic sensitivity of some of the subject matter], so it is not widely available.:Volumes I-IV are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website
*[https://archive.org/details/GeographicalSurveyingInIndia "Geographical Surveying In India"] by Colonel Sir T H Holdich 1898 Paper XI,'' Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Occassional Papers Volume XX˜IV 1898'' pages 289-305 Archive.org
*''The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900'' by Colonel Sir T Hungerford Holdich [https://archive.org/details/indianborderlan00holdgoog 1901 edition], [https://archive.org/details/indianborderland00holduoft Second and cheaper edition 1909] Archive.org
