This map (Hindoostan) is by James Rennell, a founder of the Royal Geographical Society and the Surveyor General of Bengal for the East India Company Here's the full image of the map if anyone wants Posted by Parzival_2k7
Tricky-Network-1111 on February 16, 2026 5:52 am These old maps always seem so adventurous for me. If this wouldn’t inspire one to explore, I don’t know what could!
sumpuran on February 16, 2026 6:58 am Interesting to see that Amritsar is not on the map. I wonder if it has something to do with Amritsar being invaded in 1766. I don’t know how much of it was left in 1782.
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These old maps always seem so adventurous for me. If this wouldn’t inspire one to explore, I don’t know what could!
Classic and beautiful map.
Love it
Interesting to see that Amritsar is not on the map.
I wonder if it has something to do with Amritsar being invaded in 1766. I don’t know how much of it was left in 1782.
It’s absolutely gorgeous
No Agra on the map?