File:Brit IndianEmpireReligions3.jpg

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Summary

Description

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

1909

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))

Author

English: John George Bartholomew

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Licensing

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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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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	02:39, 18 January 2019	1,534 × 1,241 (2.33 MB)	Frank Klemm	Cropped, white balanced
	13:27, 29 December 2011	1,504 × 1,232 (2.06 MB)	Maproom	Made colours less washed-out
	01:20, 11 February 2009	1,504 × 1,232 (311 KB)	AnonMoos	losslessly cropping margins
	03:06, 21 September 2007	1,650 × 1,275 (330 KB)	Shooke	{{Information \|Description=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 ([[:en:User:Fowler&fowler\|<font color="#B8860B">F