India: A Mapful Story - An Exhibition of Unseen Historical Maps and Other Important Engravings

Date and Time: 3 December 2019 - 18 January 2020, 11am to 7pm (Closed on Mondays)Add to Calendar 03/12/2019 11:00 18/01/2020 19:00 Asia/Kolkata India: A Mapful Story - An exhibition of Unseen Historical maps and other important engravings Must check for Details and on Event day before visiting -
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Entry: Free

Venue: Ojas Art Gallery, 1AQ, Qutab Minar Roundabout, Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110 030
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Event Description: Anubhav Nath, Curatorial Director of Ojas Art presents India: A Mapful Story - An exhibition of Unseen Historical maps and other important engravings (circa 18th century to 1946)

It’s interesting how maps define the borders of each country. Pre-Independent India included Pakistan and Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) and Post-Independence they became three different nations.

To mark the 73rd year of India’s independence, Anubhav Nath presents a selection of 100 maps by cartographers like Seutter, Rennell, Mortier, Lapie, Bonne and Tallis. Each map narrates a unique story and shows how boundaries have changed over the centuries. The maps have been printed in England, France, Italy and the USA. Each map tells a story. A story that can be traced back through her maps.

“The exhibition presents cartographic works from spanning a period of 350 years. The display does not follow a chronological sequence; it’s very possible that the two works displayed next to each other are actually two or three centuries apart,” said Anubhav Nath, Director, Ojas Art.

Cartography is the art of graphically representing a geographical area. As an art it was at its zenith in 17th-19th centuries as explorers discovered more places and were also able to mark their exact geographical locations with the help of longitudes and latitudes. During that time, there was vast commissioning of maps by the western powers. Cartography is also educational as it helps in understanding changing geographical boundaries and the possible reasons behind them. The collection on display focuses on maps of Pre-independence India when it represented present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.


There will be nearly 100 maps on display.

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