Posted on: 25 October 2015

Digital Rare Book:
Ancient Indian Colonies In The Far East - SUVARNADVIPA
By R.C.Majumdar
Published by Asoke Kumar Majumdar, Dacca - 1937

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Image:
India Orientalis
Map Maker: Jodocus Hondius
Amsterdam / 1606 ca

Fine example of Hondius' map of China and Southeast Asia, from a French edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas.

One of the finest early Dutch maps of the region, first published in 1606 as one of the 37 new maps engraved for Jodocus Hondius' expanded Dutch edition of the Mercator Atlas. Extending from India to the coasts of Southern China with the Pearl River Estuary, Canton and Formosa, it also includes all of the Malay peninsula and Indochina, northern Borneo and the Philippines.

The decorative detail includes a large sea monster and an oriental junk in the Bay of Bengal as well as fine scrollwork title & scale cartouches. One of the most interesting & unusual features of the Southern Malay peninsula is its dissection in two, the southern part becoming an island just south of Malacca where it is separated from the rest of the peninsula by a large northeasterly channel.

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Link for an enlarged map: http://bit.ly/1PLWVir

This map is so fascinating... Thanks.

1707 Map of India

One of RC Majumdar's amazing works on India's links with SE Asia. His student, HB Sarkar has compiled a comprehensive list & analysis of books & material on the subject, in his book titled " Cultural Relations between India & Southeast Asian Countries". There is a great museum too on India & its link with SE Asia in Cuttuck, Odisha. Its the " Odisha Maritime Museum". ( see -> http://www.odishastatemaritimemuseum.org/ ). They've undertaken some good research on the subject & collected artifacts relating to the links. See map photo from museum attached. Ancient port sites of India are the best source to trace this history.

Odisha, Andhra, Tamil & Bengal ancient ports, much ignored by ASI, hide the complete story on this important link.

Cuttuck still hosts an annual Bali-yatra festival. Reminder of an old trade route..

One of RC Majumdar's amazing works on India's links with SE Asia. His student, HB Sarkar has compiled a comprehensive list & analysis of books & material on the subject, in his book titled " Cultural Relations between India & Southeast Asian Countries". There is a great museum too on India & its link with SE Asia in Cuttuck, Odisha. Its the " Odisha Maritime Museum". ( see -> http://www.odishastatemaritimemuseum.org/ ). They've undertaken some good research on the subject & collected artifacts relating to the links. See map photo from museum attached. Ancient port sites of India are the best source to trace this history.

Thanks Ratnesh!