India Road Atlas

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  • Publisher: Eicher Goodearth
  • Catalogue: 162853
  • Scale: 1:1,000,000
Road Atlas of India published by Eicher Goodearth in co-operation with the Survey of India in a handy, 17.5x23cm paperback format with 200 pages of road maps, street maps of main cities, plans of heritage sites, extensive index and a separate route-planning map.

The atlas covers the whole country at 1:1,000,000, with Jammu and Kashmir plus Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 1:2,000,000, and the environs of Delhi at 1:750,000. Clear, well presented cartography has altitude colouring, spot heights, and graphics to indicate wet and dry rann marshlands. Road network includes local tracks and gives driving distances on main and secondary routes. Railway lines are shown with stations and indicate narrow gauge sections. The maps also show local administrative divisions with names of districts, indicating state, district and tahsil/taluk headquarters.

A range of symbols highlight places of tourist interest, including national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, religions buildings of various denominations, historic monuments, caves, camping grounds, etc. The maps have no geographical coordinates.

The atlas provides street plans of the country’s 18 main cities. The plans show names of main streets, plus various districts and neighbourhoods, and highlight places of interest, accommodations, etc. Also included are 15 plans of India’s main tourist attractions, including the Agra Fort, Ajanta Caves, Old Goa, the route of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, etc.

The atlas has a 44 page index, colour-coded to indicate, in additions to towns and villages, monuments and places of worship, national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, beaches, rivers and lakes, mountain ranges and other physical features, etc. Also included is a distance table, diagrams of main sightseeing routes (e.g. Mumbai to Goa or the Ajanta Caves, Kolkata to Darjeeling, etc.) a list of toll plazas, over 30 pages of descriptions, etc., plus a separate route planning map overprinted with page grid for the atlas.