Area maps in Maratha cartography: A study in native maps of Western India

Abstract

The diverse mapping heritage from former Maratha territory in western India occupies a significant and advanced place in the history of native Indian cartography. Most of the surviving manuscript maps date from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Some are already well known for their depiction of hill forts, sea forts and battle sites. Only recently discovered, however, are a number of areal or regional maps, in Modi or Devnagari scripts, which show administrative features, strategic settlements and major route ways. In this paper, we offer a systematic description of four such areal maps—from the coastal region of Konkan (Mumbai, formerly Bombay, to Mangalore)—and a critical appraisal of their cartography.

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