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‘Sketch of the Ghauts or Passes from Adjuntah to Lackenwarrie’

Identity area

Reference code

SC73

Publication status

Published

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

1 scroll

Date(s)

  • May 1816 (Creation)

Context area

Name of creator

Repository

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Source of acquisition is unknown.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Sketch indicating multiple routes in red ink between the hilly villages of Adjuntah (Ajanta) and Lackenwarrie (Lakhanwada) in the present-day Maharashtra state, India, with references of all routes on the left of the sketch. Annotation in ink near the heading reads ‘M. Lo. Schoofflnsign H. M. 67th foot’. Drawn on a scale of 2 miles to 1 inch. Mounted on linen with red border. Measures 94 cm wide x 33 cm high.

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Conditions governing access

Open. Please contact the Archivist.

Language of material

  • English

Additional information

Existence and location of copies

A sketch of the same title (reference number F. 77/4), also made in 1816, is listed in _Catalogue of Historical Maps of Survey of India 1700-1900_ published by the National Archives of India in 1975. This is likely another copy of this sketch.

Description identifier

gb891 sc73
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