Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 QW-QW/12-QW/12/3
Title
Road Map of India
Date(s)
- 1928 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying. Set up in 1767, to help consolidate the territories of the British East India Company. It is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of the Government of India.
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A road map of India, including Assam and Burma
Scale: 50 miles to the inch
Size: 80x100 cm
Creator: Survey of India
Publisher: Survey of India
Place of printing: Calcutta
The map bears the note that it is the First Motoring Map of India published by the Survey of India.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Survey of India (Subject)