<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Indian civilization has over 2500 years of mapping tradition. With the establishment of the Survey of India in 1767, British rulers initiated the mapping of colonial India with high precision and accuracy. They started mapping to establish British power and supremacy in the Indian subcontinent that portrayed a British image of India. Following independence in 1947, the Survey of India and other national agencies started mapping India for planning and development. Hence, questions have been raised that, how far British image of India have been transformed into an Indian image. In this context, in this paper an attempt has been made to analyse the mapping of India from the perspectives of transforming a colonial into a postcolonial image. The transformation occurred mainly in terms of purpose i.e. maps as a tool for the expansion of territory to planning, development and governance, from analogue to digital in method and in strategy from restricted to liberal access.</p></abstract>

Indian civilization has over 2500 years of mapping tradition. With the establishment of the Survey of India in 1767, British rulers initiated the mapping of colonial India with high precision and accuracy. They started mapping to establish British power and supremacy in the Indian subcontinent that portrayed a British image of India. Following independence in 1947, the Survey of India and other national agencies started mapping India for planning and development. Hence, questions have been raised that, how far British image of India have been transformed into an Indian image. In this context, in this paper an attempt has been made to analyse the mapping of India from the perspectives of transforming a colonial into a postcolonial image. The transformation occurred mainly in terms of purpose i.e. maps as a tool for the expansion of territory to planning, development and governance, from analogue to digital in method and in strategy from restricted to liberal access.

Mapping India since 1767: transformation from colonial to postcolonial image

Miscellanea Geographica

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Indian civilization has over 2500 years of mapping tradition. With the establishment of the Survey of India in 1767, British rulers initiated the mapping of...

Mapping India since 1767: transformation from colonial to postcolonial image

Published Online: Oct 31, 2019

Page range: 210 - 214

Received: Dec 03, 2018

Accepted: May 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0023

Keywords
Colonial India, Indian civilization, Indian subcontinent, Postcolonial, Survey of India

© 2019 Tarun Kumar Mondal, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mapping India since 1767: transformation from colonial to postcolonial image

Published Online: Oct 31, 2019

Page range: 210 - 214

Received: Dec 03, 2018

Accepted: May 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0023

KeywordsColonial India, Indian civilization, Indian subcontinent, Postcolonial, Survey of India

© 2019 Tarun Kumar Mondal, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Colonial India, Indian civilization, Indian subcontinent, Postcolonial, Survey of India