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'Map of India Illustrating the Divisions in which the Various Languages Prevail....

Catalogue reference: IOR/X/402

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Reference

IOR/X/402

Title

'Map of India Illustrating the Divisions in which the Various Languages Prevail. Drawn in the Statistical Office. Lithographed by William Lines.' 1852.

Date

1852

Description

Portrays hydrology, settlements, place names, administrative boundaries and language regions. 'Drawn in the Statistical Office H[onourable].E[ast].I[ndia]. Company' - India Office catalogue. 'See also Lassen's map of Ancient India' [Filed at IOR/X/397/1-2.] - India Office catalogue.

Related material

Reference to this item is made in:. India Office, 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 (London: India Office, 1878) p.93 and filed at Maps 212.a.5

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Language

English

Physical description

1 map sheet.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition

Printed, with manuscript additions in watercolour; 42 x 41cm.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a1efa6a5-f098-4bb5-9d10-447c2011e802/

Series information

IOR/X/1-4999

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'Map of India Illustrating the Divisions in which the Various Languages Prevail. Drawn in the Statistical Office. Lithographed by William Lines.' 1852.