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)