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Bhārat

This is a historic (pre-colonial) map of the Indian subcontinent.

It marks various food ingredients located in the area where they were first domesticated i.e. grown for the purpose of consumption as food/ingredients.

The cities marked on the map are written in the vernacular script of their respective eras. The map also marks the regions surrounding Bhārat written in their vernacular along with a few major rivers.



Cities marked on the map:

காஞ்சிபுரம் - Kachipuram
மதுரை - Madurai
சோழபுரம் - Cholapuram
முசிறிப்பட்டணம் - Muciripattanam
കോഴിക്കോട് - Calicut
ಹಂಪಿ - Hampi
అమరావతి - Amravati
ତୋସାଲୀ - Toshali
पाटलिपुत्र - Pataliputra
नालंदा - Nalanda
Ματούρα - Mathura
மொஹஞ்சதாரோ - Mohenjodaro
श्रीनगर - Srinagar
𑀢𑀔𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸 - Takshashila
𐎥𐎭𐎠𐎼 - Gandhara
ৰংপুৰ - Rangpur



Spices/foods marked on the map:

Asafoetida, garlic, almonds, sesame, sugar, wheat, barley, chicken, eggplant, mustard, saffron, spinach, rice, jackfruit, turmeric, mango, tamarind, ginger, long pepper, cardommom, coconut, black-pepper, cinnamon, oranges, lemons, colocasia.



Regions marked on the map:

𒋻𒔼𐎏𒋻𒔼𒈦𒀂𒋻𒐖 - Asvasthan
𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪 - Parsika
𐎠𒋻𒋝𒋻𒐖 - Magan
中華人民共和國 - Cina (Republic of China)
भारत - Bhārat



Rivers marked on the map:

Indus, Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Godavari, Kaveri, Krishna, Brahmaputra, Oxus.



Map scale: 2.5 inches = 200 kilometers.


67 x 47 inches

Oil on canvas

Commissioned

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