Brit_IndianEmpireReligions3.jpg


Summary

Description
English: Map "Prevailing Religions of the British Indian Empire, 1909"

Key:

Pink
Hindu
Green
Muslim
Diagonal lines
Sikh (small area in Punjab)
Yellow
Buddhist (Burma and Chittagong Hill Tracts)
Blue
Christian (Goa)
Purple
Animist (several inland hilly areas)
The Andaman islands are not mapped.
Date
Source The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Oxford University Press, 1909. Scanned from personal copy and annotated by me ( Fowler&fowler «Talk» 04:16, 19 March 2007 (UTC))
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Licensing

Public domain

The author died in 1920, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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  • 2007-03-19 04:16 Fowler&fowler 1650×1275×8 (338398 bytes) Map "Prevailing Religions of the British Indian Empire, 1909" from the Imperial Gazetteer of India, Oxford University Press, 1909. Scanned from personal copy and annotated by me (~~~~) {{PD-old-75}}
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1909 Religious Map of India

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