Historical records of the survey of India volume two

Phillimore, R. H.

Historical records of the survey of India volume two 1800 to 1815 - Dehra Dun Surveyor General of India 1950 - xxviii, 478p. ill. 30cm. - Historical Records of the Survey of India 2 .

Bengal and Orissa Upper provinces and Oudh South-western marches North-west frontier Himalaya mountains Survey of Mysore 1800-5 Mysore and Kanara Madras military surveys Carnatic districts Other Madras surveys Bombay and Persia Revenue surveys Astronomical control Professional methods of survey Instruments Lambton's trigonometrical survey Lambton's professional details Maps Administration Surveyors Allowances and expenditure Civil assistants People and country of India

Second volume in this definitive history of the survey of India covering the period during which large parts of modern India were explored and surveyed by the East India Company for the first time. Describes Lambton and Mackenzie's efforts to ensure that surveys were carried out to the highest scientific standards and on a logical province by province basis. Includes maps and references to source material.