Books and Articles on the Survey of India in chronological order. Click to download.
Abstract of Reports of Surveys in India
Account of Operations of Great Trigonometrical Survey
Departmental Papers
Extracts of Narrative Reports
General Reports on Operations of the Survey of India
Geodetic and Technical Reports
Handbooks and Manuals
Lists of Officers (1872-1945)
Lists, Tables and Catalogues
Records of Survey of India
RH Phillimore and the Historical Records
Survey of India Professional Papers
Survey of India Technical Papers
Synopsis of the Results of Operations of the GTS of India
Tables of Heights
Trans-Himalayan Explorations
War Research Series
William Lambton writings
- 1822 Heights and Positions of Principal Peaks of Himalaya Mountains by Hodgson and Herbert from ARv14 s.pdf (16.9 MiB)
- 1822 Latitudes of Places in Hindustan and Northern Mountains by Hodgson from ARv14 s.pdf (1.9 MiB)
- 1837 Memoir on Origin, Progress, and Present State of Surveys in India by Jervis from JRGSv7 s.pdf (1.3 MiB)
- 1838 On the use of Common Thermometers to determine heights by Sykes from JRGSv8 s.pdf (528.3 KiB)
- 1851 Adaptation of the Aneroid for purposes of Surveying in India by Buist from JRGSv21 s.pdf (1.1 MiB)
- 1851 Trigonometrical Survey (India) Printed Parliamentary Paper no 219.pdf (4.3 MiB)
- 1851 Trigonometrical Survey--India--review of Waugh's report to House of Commons in Calcutta Review v16.pdf (1.6 MiB)
- 1854 Survey of Northern Trans-Indus Frontier from Peshawur to Dera Ismael Khan in 1849-53 by Walker s.pdf (1.0 MiB)
- 1857 Papers relating to the Himalaya and Mount Everest from PRGSv1 s.pdf (534.7 KiB)
- 1858 On Mounts Everest and Deodanga by Waugh from PRGSv2 s.pdf (1.3 MiB)
- 1859 Influence of Mountain-Attraction on heights of Mount Everest by Pratt from JASBv28 s.pdf (404.2 KiB)
- 1859 On Trigonometrical Survey and Physical Configuration of the Valley of Kashmir by Purdon from PRGSv4 s.pdf (220.7 KiB)
- 1861 Progress on Trigonometrical Survey in Kashmir and Conquest of Gilgit by Montgomerie s.pdf (698.2 KiB)
- 1861 SOI photo of Waugh Walker and Thuillier.jpg (3.1 MiB)
- 1861 Survey of Kashmir under Montgomerie and Map of the Valley from JASBv29 s.pdf (850.5 KiB)
- 1861 Survey of the Jhelum River for navigation by Forster s.pdf (311.4 KiB)
- 1862 Progress of Kashmir Series of GTS of India with map by Montgomerie from JASBv30 s.pdf (498.0 KiB)
- 1863 Effect of Local Attraction upon Operations of GTS by Pratt from JASBv31 s.pdf (311.0 KiB)
- 1863 Trigonometrical Survey of India by Walker from JASBv31 s.pdf (730.6 KiB)
- 1864 Progress of Trigonometrical Survey of India by Walker from JASBv32 s.pdf (781.6 KiB)
- 1865 Great Trigonometrical Survey of India--in Professional Papers on Indian Engr v2.pdf (1.8 MiB)
- 1865 Operations of GTS of India during 1862-63 by Walker from JASBv33 s.pdf (1.1 MiB)
- 1865 Theory of Pendulum Operations by GTS of India by Basevi from JASBv34pt2 s.pdf (949.7 KiB)
- 1867 On a Transit-Instrument and Zenith Sector to be used by GTS by Strange s.pdf (226.9 KiB)
- 1870 Pendulum Operations in India in connexion with the GTS by Walker s.pdf (663.9 KiB)
- 1870 Surveys of India--The Trigonometrical Survey by Danvers in Quarterly J of Sci v28 s.pdf (1.0 MiB)
- 1871 Memoir on the Indian Surveys by Markham s.pdf (18.3 MiB)
- 1872 On a new Great Theodolite from the GTS by Strange s.pdf (1.1 MiB)
- 1872 Weight of Great Theodolite for the GTS by Strange s.pdf (178.0 KiB)
- 1876 Office of GTS of India--Dehra Dun photo.jpg (2.1 MiB)
- 1877 Introductory Lecture on Scientific Geography by Strachey from PRGSv21 s.pdf (1.4 MiB)
- 1877 Presentation of Royal and other Awards (Nain Singh) from PRGSv21 s.pdf (655.2 KiB)
- 1878 Application of Photography to reproduction of Maps and Plans by Waterhouse from JASBv47pt2 s.pdf (3.4 MiB)
- 1878 Catalogue of Reports Field Books Memoirs Maps etc of the Indian Surveys in India Office s.pdf (35.3 MiB)
- 1878 Memoir on the Indian Surveys by Markham--2nd edition s.pdf (30.5 MiB)
- 1879 Obituary--the 'Havildar' from PRGSv1 s.pdf (243.3 KiB)
- 1879 Survey Operations in Afghanistan by Walker from JASBv48pt2 s.pdf (3.0 MiB)
- 1885 Summary of Work of Survey of India by Walker from PRGSv7NS s.pdf (2.2 MiB)
- 1886 Spirit-Levelling Operations of GTS of India by Baird from RGSSPvI s.pdf (671.2 KiB)
- 1889 Spirit-Levelled Heights in Cuttack Balasore etc. by Survey of India s.pdf (3.9 MiB)
- 1893 Survey of Travancore and Cochin States by Ward.pdf (17.5 MiB)
- 1895 India's Contribution to Geodesy by Walker from PTRSL s.pdf (7.4 MiB)
- 1897 Memorandum on Map of Portion of Tibet by Deasy s.pdf (232.0 KiB)
- 1898 Report on Trigonometrical Results of Earthquake in Assam by Burrard s.pdf (609.1 KiB)
- 1898 Total Solar Eclipse January 22nd 1898--Report on Observations s.pdf (7.7 MiB)
- 1902 The Survey of India by Strahan RE Professional Paper 8 s.pdf (3.4 MiB)
- 1904 Identification and Nomenclature of Himalayan Peaks from Katmandu by Wood s.pdf (3.1 MiB)
- 1904 Mt. Everest The story of a long controversy by Burrard in Nature Vol 71 s.pdf (787.7 KiB)
- 1905 Intensity and Direction of Gravity in India by Burrard s.pdf (5.5 MiB)
- 1905 Report of Indian Survey Committee 1904-05 s.pdf (10.8 MiB)
- 1906 Longitude by Telegraph Round the World from GJv27 s.pdf (414.2 KiB)
- 1906 Rules Regarding showing of Borders on Maps--transcribed by Gardner.pdf (1.2 MiB)
- 1910 Journals of Major James Rennell first Surveyor General of India by La Touche from MASBv3 s.pdf (8.1 MiB)
- 1911 Maps Illustrating Stein's Explorations in Turkestan by Stein from GJv37 s.pdf (23.6 MiB)
- 1911 Simplification of Computations relating to Rectangular Co-ordinates by Eccles s.pdf (1.5 MiB)
- 1911 The Survey of the Himalaya by Longstaff from GJv37 s.pdf (145.3 KiB)
- 1912 Changes of Axes of Terrestrial Spheroid by de Graaff Hunter s.pdf (6.0 MiB)
- 1913 Notes on VanDyke or Direct Zinc Printing Process s.pdf (1.8 MiB)
- 1913 Review--Records of Survey of India Vol 1 by Burrard from GJv41 s.pdf (80.6 KiB)
- 1913 The Tsang-po (and Kintup) by Bailey from GJv42 s.pdf (119.1 KiB)
- 1914 Indo-Russian Triangulation Connection by Mason from GJv43 s.pdf (710.8 KiB)
- 1914 Note in Vindication of Kinthup by Oakes s.pdf (705.4 KiB)
- 1914 Reproduction of Maps Plans Photographs Diagrams and Line Illustrations by Survey of India s.pdf (5.3 MiB)
- 1916 Basevi's Determination of Value of Gravity in India by Oldham from GJv48 s.pdf (163.1 KiB)
- 1916 Indo-Russian Triangulation Connection from GJv48 s.pdf (164.3 KiB)
- 1916 Plains of Northern India and relationship to Himalaya Mountains by Burrard from JPASBv12 NS s.pdf (1.5 MiB)
- 1916 The Romance of the Indian Surveys by Holdich s.pdf (1.9 MiB)
- 1918 Geological Interpretations of Geodetic Results by Burrard from GJv52 s.pdf (357.0 KiB)
- 1918 Nomenclature of Himalayan Peaks from GJv52 s.pdf (140.3 KiB)
- 1918 Possibility of Aerial Reconnaissance in Himalaya by Kellas from GJv51 s.pdf (839.6 KiB)
- 1921 Exploration in South-East Tibet by Morshead s.pdf (5.6 MiB)
- 1923 Kishen Singh and Indian Explorers by Mason from GJv62 s.pdf (658.7 KiB)
- 1927 Stereographic Survey of Shaksgam by Mason from GJv70 s.pdf (3.9 MiB)
- 1929 Routes in Western Himalaya Kashmir etc Vol 1 by Mason s.pdf (12.9 MiB)
- 1943 The Story of Kintup by Bailey from Geogr Mag v15 s.pdf (2.8 MiB)
- 1945 Survey of India Logo.jpg (187.9 KiB)
- 1945 Survey of India Map Catalogue--provisional edition s.pdf (18.9 MiB)
- 1946 Manual of Map Classification and Cataloguing by Parsons s.pdf (6.9 MiB)
- 1947 Air Survey for Development by Survey of India s.pdf (8.4 MiB)
- 1947 Survey and Mapping Policy--Survey of India by Heaney s.pdf (6.0 MiB)
- 1952 Survey of India since Second World War by Heaney from GJv118 s.pdf (2.2 MiB)
- 1955 The Survey of India during War and Early Reconstruction 1939-1946 by Wheeler s.pdf (26.9 MiB)
- 1960 Survey of Kashmir and Jammu 1855 to 1865 by Phillimore s.pdf (1.0 MiB)
- 1968 Clements Robert Markham and Geographical Department of India Office 1867-77 by Williams from GJv134 s.pdf (1.8 MiB)
- 1968 Rennell and the Surveyors of India by Heaney from GJv134 s.pdf (1.6 MiB)
- 1970 The Forbidden Frontiers--the Survey of India from 1765 to 1949 by Styles.pdf (7.4 MiB)
- 1985 Who Discovered Mount Everest? by Dickey s.pdf (1.3 MiB)
- 1990 Thomas Montgomerie and the Trans-Himalayan Explorers of the Survey of India by Waller s.pdf (454.2 KiB)
- 2016 Transfrontier Maps of the Survey of India by Cook.pdf (431.7 KiB)
- 2017 Clean out of the Map--Knowing and doubting space at India's high imperial frontiers by Simpson s.pdf (735.8 KiB)
- 2017 Clean Out the Map--Knowing and doubting space at Indias high imperial frontiers by Simpson s.pdf (359.9 KiB)
- 2018 Cook's Trans-Frontier Maps inventory with UCL classmarks by Henry Edmondson.docx (170.3 KiB)
- 2018 List of Surveyor Generals of India.pdf (77.0 KiB)