Mapping India - Hardcover

Lahiri, Manosi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8189738984 ISBN 13: 9788189738983

Publisher: Niyogi Books, 2012

Synopsis

Mapping India presents an overview of important maps that eloquently reflect the changing social and political fortunes of India. These maps speak of the commercial interests and wars that led to the colonization of India, and show territories the size of countries that were conquered, ceded or controlled through treaties. They also record changed courses of rivers, routes taken by armies, people living in communities in new cities, places where famines occurred, how the highest peak was discovered and named, when native royalty gathered to pay respect to the British Emperor, and the destination to which Mahatma Gandhi marched with his supporters for the salt satyagraha. From the earliest chronicles of India to its post-Independence strides, Mapping India is the story of India recounted through its maps.

About this title

About the Author:

Manosi Lahiri is a professional geographer. She completed her PhD in Geography at University of Delhi. Manosi was a lecturer at Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi and undertook consulting work for several UN agencies. She founded ML Infomap, a pioneering GIS company, in 1993 to propagate GIS technology. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from GIS Development at MapIndia in 2010.

Review:

Mapping India contains a wealth of illustrations, from a 15th-century map based on Ptolemy's "Cosmographia" to the red dividing lines drawn by Cyril Radcliffe in 1947. The maps from the intervening centuries serve as a fascinating visual history of the creation of the modern Indian state. (The Economist, March 24, 2012)

The maps that Lahiri presents in her widely researched book are alluring and piquant, taking the reader back almost to the mythical imagining of a land with four dhams or pilgrimage centers at its four corners. (Bhaswati Charkavorty Telegraph, March 30, 2012)

The distinguished Indian geographer Manosi Lahiri poses a number of intriguing questions in this sumptuous book. (Stephen R. Fox The Portolan, Spring 2014)

This magnificent publication will fill many gaps in our knowledge of the mapping of India. Dr Lahiri is a well-respected geographer, who has studied in Calcutta, SOAS London and Delhi, and her deep knowledge of both the geography of India as well as its history shows throughout. (Susan Gole IMCOS International Map Collectors' Society, Summer 2012)

Lahiri has brought her training as a geographer to bear upon an art that charts the shifting political and cultural fortunes of the country with great clarity....Lahiri has done a great service to map lovers everywhere with this book. (Bibek Bhattacharya Outlook Traveller, February 2012)

Through this book, Lahiri has brought to light the delightful art of map-making. Mapping India can be best described as a labour of love. With over 160 coloured maps and photographs, it is a visual treat. (Ektaa Malik Pioneer, January 21, 2012)

Manosi Lahiri's Mapping India will engage, inspire and enthrall an untapped reader base of wannabe cartographers and history buffs to the rare treasures that size up the contours and corners of subcontinental India. (Fiona Fernandez Mid-Day, January 25, 2012)

About this edition

• Publisher: Niyogi Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 8189738984
• ISBN 13: 9788189738983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320