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'Karte von Alt-Indien zu Prof[essor]. Chr[istian]. Lassens Indischer-Altherthumskunde,...
Catalogue reference: IOR/X/397/1-2
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This record is a file about the 'Karte von Alt-Indien zu Prof[essor]. Chr[istian]. Lassens Indischer-Altherthumskunde,... dating from 1853.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IOR/X/397/1-2
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Title (The name of the record)
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'Karte von Alt-Indien zu Prof[essor]. Chr[istian]. Lassens Indischer-Altherthumskunde, bearbeitet und gezeichnet von Dr. H. Kiepert. A Map of Ancient India, with the Indian Classical and Principal Modern Names, to Illustrate Pof[essor] Lassen's Indian Antiquities. Drawn by Henry Kiepert L.L.D. at Berlin. 1853.'.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1853
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Description (What the record is about)
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IOR/X/397/1 and IOR/X/397/2 are identical copies of the same map. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, settlements, modern and ancient place names, and ethnographic regions, and includes linguistic notes. Also contains insets entitled 'Sketch of the Boundaries of Languages Now Existent in India' (scale not stated) and 'Sketch of the Ancient Geography of the Indochinese Peninsula with the Islands Adjacent to India' (scale approximately 1:15,000,000 [although incorrectly stated as 1:1,500,000 on inset]). Titles and explanatory notes in both English and German. Published by H.B. König, Bonn. Another copy of this map is at Maps 576.(3.).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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; An introduction to Lassen's work on Indian antiquities can be found at:. Edward E. Salisbury, 'Professor Lassen's Antiquities of India', Journal of the American OrientalSociety, 1 (1847), pp.299-316
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English; German
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 map sheets.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Printed, with manuscript additions in watercolour; 83 x 68cm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b440da57-a75d-4d47-aaea-a92b492b398b/
Series information
IOR/X/1-4999
Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
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This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
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India Office reference collection of maps
Within the series: IOR/X/1-4999
Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
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'Karte von Alt-Indien zu Prof[essor]. Chr[istian]. Lassens Indischer-Altherthumskunde, bearbeitet und gezeichnet von Dr. H. Kiepert. A Map of Ancient India, with the Indian Classical and Principal Modern Names, to Illustrate Pof[essor] Lassen's Indian Antiquities. Drawn by Henry Kiepert L.L.D. at Berlin. 1853.'.