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

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

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