Logo

800 YEARS. 250 RARE MAPS. ONE BREATHTAKING VOLUME.

A book as grand as the history it captures — India Through Iconic Maps is a magnificent volume in an impressive large format, produced to the highest standards. Featuring over 250 rare and exquisite maps — many published for the first time — it spans 800 years of South Asia’s shifting landscapes of faith, empire, and identity. With museum-quality reproductions and stunning design, this is a collector’s edition that celebrates the art and power of maps like never before.

A treasury of cartographic splendour, India Through Iconic Maps presents over 250 exquisite maps – many never before published – spanning the subcontinent’s rich history from ancient cosmographies to the watershed 1947 Partition.

From imaginative renderings of Jain and Hindu cosmographs to hand-drawn maps of Gujarati seafarers, and from Maratha fortifications against the Mughals and the British, to the artistic grandeur of sacred journeys, for the first time, this book takes you on an 800-year expedition of human curiosity, adventure, and discovery.

With its impressive format and museum-quality reproductions, this volume is an essential addition to the library of anyone fascinated by cartography, South Asian history, or the power of maps to shape our understanding of place and identity.