Map of the Broach District, Province Guzerat, compiled from the Village Maps of the Guzerat Revenue Survey.

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Poona [Pune]: Published by the Gov.t Office, 1876. INDIA BHARUCH [BROACH], GUJARAT / BILINGUAL (ENGLISH / HINDI) REVENUE MAP: Map of the Broach District, Province Guzerat, compiled from the Village Maps of the Guzerat Revenue Survey. - Photozincograph with original outline hand colour, dissected into 18 sections and mounted upon original linen, folding into original marbled boards (Very Good, resplendent original colours, just some light creasing to some panel edges and a mild stain in lower-right corner), 101 x 69 cm (40 x 27 inches). This an extremely rare revenue survey map of the Broach (today Bharuch) District, of Gujarat, India. It was made under the auspices of Noel Beyts, the Superintendent of Revenue for Gujarat, and is based upon original mapping conducted especially for tax assessment and collection purposes. The map was printed by the Bombay Presidency Government's press in Poona (Pune) in 1876 and notably features text in both English and Hindustani (the immediate precursor to modern Hindi), and sports original outline colour in resplendemade from hand-ground dyes used in the textile industry. Broach (Bharuch) has since ancient times been one of the wealthiest ports along the west coat of India. The city strategically lies at the mouth of Narmada River, one of the key transport corridors onto the heart of India. The surrounding district was long one of the world's most productive cotton-growing areas and the Broach is famed for its Bandhani textiles. In addition, the area produces many other cash crops and thrives upon maritime trade. Broach was for many years contested between the Mughal and Maratha empires until it was seized by Britain in 1803. The present map was made during the first decade of the British Raj, when the new crown regime was embarking upon ambitious efforts to impose a modern, efficient government over the subcontinent, after years of mismanagement by the East India Company. A cornerstone of the Raj was its ability to efficiently assess and collect taxes to support the national civil and military establishments.As t leading source of revenue in India was land taxes, the Raj set up a sophisticated bureaucracy for assessing and collecting these funds. To aid their operations the tax collectors commissioned special, scientifically accurate 'revenue surveys' of the lands under their charge. SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR A LONGER DESCR. N° de ref. del artículo 68469

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