Question 12 Marks
Compare either Map 1 or Map 2 with the present day map of the sub-continent listing as many similarities and differences as you can find.
Answer
View full question & answer→Map 1 and 2 represent two different times. Map I was made in 1154 CE by Al-Idrisi, an Arab geographer. This section is a detail of the Indian sub-continent from his larger map of the world.
Map 2 was made by a French cartographer in the year 1720. Both maps are quite different from each other, even though, they represent the same area.
In Map 1, we find South India at the place where we would expect to find North India and Sri Lanka is the island at the top. The place names are in Arabic. Some familiar places like Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh have been spelt as Qannauj.
In comparison to this, Map 2 was made nearly 600 years after Map 1. By that time information about the sub-continent had changed a lot. This map appears to be more familiar to us. The coastal areas, particularly are more detailed.
Map 2 was made by a French cartographer in the year 1720. Both maps are quite different from each other, even though, they represent the same area.
In Map 1, we find South India at the place where we would expect to find North India and Sri Lanka is the island at the top. The place names are in Arabic. Some familiar places like Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh have been spelt as Qannauj.
In comparison to this, Map 2 was made nearly 600 years after Map 1. By that time information about the sub-continent had changed a lot. This map appears to be more familiar to us. The coastal areas, particularly are more detailed.