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Interpreting Maps in Modern Indian History

Interpreting Maps in Modern Indian History . India’s encounter with colonial modernity. The Idea of Map. Map as a tool of governance Pre-colonial mapping traditions Colonial Project of Mapping Survey of India Expansion of British Rule in India and New Political Maps . India Bounded.

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Interpreting Maps in Modern Indian History

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  1. Interpreting Maps in Modern Indian History India’s encounter with colonial modernity

  2. The Idea of Map • Map as a tool of governance • Pre-colonial mapping traditions • Colonial Project of Mapping • Survey of India • Expansion of British Rule in India and New Political Maps

  3. India Bounded • The constant search for natural boundaries • New Frontiers of India • Conquests and consolidation • Railways and New Mobility • New Geographical Information System

  4. India at a glance • Himalayas in the north • Indo-Gangetic Plain • Peninsular India or Deccan Plateau • Coastal Strip

  5. Map as a social document India imagined as a Mother Land • The territorialization of Identity • India imagined as a modular identity • India as a mother goddess • Who belongs to India- Defining Indians • Sacred or Secular • Majority or Minority • Complexity of Identity formation

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