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IOR/X/397/1-2
- Record Id:
- 040-003453384
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100080319750.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/397/1-2
- Title:
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'Karte von Alt-Indien zu Prof[essor]. Chr[istian]. Lassens Indischer-Altherthumskunde, bearbeitet und gezeichnet von Dr. H. Kiepert. A Map of Ancient India, with the Indian Classical and Principal Modern Names, to Illustrate Pof[essor] Lassen's Indian Antiquities. Drawn by Henry Kiepert L.L.D. at Berlin. 1853.'
- Scope & Content:
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IOR/X/397/1 and IOR/X/397/2 are identical copies of the same map.
Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, settlements, modern and ancient place names, and ethnographic regions, and includes linguistic notes. Also contains insets entitled 'Sketch of the Boundaries of Languages Now Existent in India' (scale not stated) and 'Sketch of the Ancient Geography of the Indochinese Peninsula with the Islands Adjacent to India' (scale approximately 1:15,000,000 [although incorrectly stated as 1:1,500,000 on inset]). Titles and explanatory notes in both English and German. Published by H.B. König, Bonn.
Another copy of this map is at Maps 576.(3.).
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-003453384 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/397/1-2 : Karte von Alt-Indien zu Prof[essor]. Chr[istian]. Lassens Indischer-Altherthumskunde, bearbeitet und gezeichnet von Dr. H. Kiepert.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0021]/040-003453384
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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2 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1853
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- 1853
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:5,000,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 64.0000,-8.5000,129.000,37.0000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 64°0’0”-E 129°0’0”/N 37°0’0”-S 8°30’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Printed, with manuscript additions in watercolour; 83 x 68cm
- Former External References:
- B VI 15
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- H.B. König, Germany, Publisher, Mid 19th century
Kiepert, Heinrich, cartographer, 1818-1899
Lassen, Christian, Orientalist, 1800-1876 - Places:
- India, Asia
Indochina, Asia - Related Material:
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Reference to this item is made in:
- India Office, A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps, etc., of The Indian Surveys, deposited in The Map Room of the India Office (London: India Office, 1878) p.93 and filed at Maps 212.a.5.
An introduction to Lassen's work on Indian antiquities can be found at:
- Edward E. Salisbury, 'Professor Lassen's Antiquities of India', Journal of the American OrientalSociety, 1 (1847), pp.299-316.