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Historical atlas of South India reviewed

PUDUCHERRY: Experts from various fields, including historians, archaeologists and academicians from universities in south India reviewed the “Historical Atlas of South India,” looking at the results and challenges of the project, on Saturday.

The atlas aims to present cartographically the entire range of human history of south India from pre-historic times to 1600 CE.

The final review meeting and workshop of the atlas project was being held from Friday to Sunday. It is funded by the Ford Foundation and French Institute of Pondicherry.

In the last three years, a team of historians, archaeologists and geographic information systems specialists from the Tamil University of Thanjavur, Mahatma Gandhi University of Kottayam, Mangalore University, Hyderabad University and French Institute of Pondicherry were involved in the project.

The atlas would provide archaeological and historical data with geographical information system functionalities. The first phase was nearing completion with the mapping of entire areas of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and one pilot area each in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

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