India Through Iconic Maps

Deepti Anand, Sanghamitra Chatterjee

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Roli Books Pvt Ltd
21 May 2024

Historical maps & atlases

A large format collector's edition book, encased in a special clamshell box, India through Iconic Maps is the largest selection of maps on the country in one book.

The astonishing breadth of maps range from early Hindu and Jain cosmography, which conceptually represent the ideologies from the 6th century BC, to exploratory maps by early European explorers to more sophisticated ones based on real time information when the race for discovery and assertion of power over trade was at its peak. Local maps by the Marathas and Rajputs prepared in advance of wars and to make strategic decisions find place amongst European depictions of India for the first time to tell the story of how the world saw India, but also how Indians viewed their own lands. Often ignored sub texts of the motives of why maps were made using subterfuge, espionage is addressed in accessible and fascinating text.

Spanning over 700 years of mapmaking, this book offers stories of how maps were not only used for navigation but at times for propaganda, to confuse and to create an understanding of India. The authors draw from a rich background of research to offer exceptional maps, some published for the first time, to tell us the story of India's past, of the early roots of globalization and how you must look at the past to understand the present.

By: Deepti Anand, Sanghamitra Chatterjee
Imprint: Roli Books Pvt Ltd
Dimensions: Height: 394mm, Width: 292mm,
ISBN: 9789392130861
ISBN 10: 9392130864
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 21 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Deepti Anand is the co-founder of the heritage management agency, Past Perfect. Over the years, Deepti has been part of several archiving and research projects ranging from corporate and family histories to films, documentaries and web-series that are rooted in history or built on historical contexts. In April 2022 and May 2023, Deepti also co-curated two rare map exhibitions titled 'Meandering through a Mapped Canvas' and 'Mapped! - Surveys that left behind a Legacy' respectively. Sanghamitra Chatterjee is the founder of Past Perfect Heritage Management, an archival and heritage research agency. She is also currently the Secretary of Oral History Association of India. She co-curated the exhibitions 'Meandering through a Mapped Canvas' and 'Mapped! - Surveys that left behind a Legacy' in 2022 and 2023 respectively.

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