Surface configuration showing Asia as a mountain-hearted continent with surprisingly small areas of level land in regions that are climatically usable. George B. Cressey. Asia's Lands and Peoples. New York. McGraw Publishing Co. Ltd. 1952

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Papers of Professor Christoph von Fürer-HaimendorfPP MS 19

Papers relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's anthropological fieldwork in IndiaPP MS 19/01

Papers relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's involvement with tribal welfare and development, Andhra PradeshPP MS 19/02

Working papers for teaching and researchPP MS 19/03

Publications and accompanying materialPP MS 19/04

Miscellaneous papersPP MS 19/05

NegativesPP MS 19/06

FilmsPP MS 19/07

SlidesPP MS 19/08

CommunitiesPP MS 19/08/01

ArchitecturePP MS 19/08/02

Maps & DiagramsPP MS 19/08/03

'Asian Realms'. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 1962PP MS 19/08/03/1

Main physical features; the great alluvial river- plains are lettered as noted below: A. Tigris-Euphrates B. Indus C. Ganges-Brahmaputra D. Irrawaddy E. Menam Chao Phaya F. Mekong G. Yangtse Kiang H. Hwang Ho. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 1962PP MS 19/08/03/2

Surface configuration showing Asia as a mountain-hearted continent with surprisingly small areas of level land in regions that are climatically usable. George B. Cressey. Asia's Lands and Peoples. New York. McGraw Publishing Co. Ltd. 1952PP MS 19/08/03/3

Rainfall: variations from over 450 inches to an inch or less; heaviest precipitation occurs on mountains in the path of prevailing winds, as in India and South-eastern Asia, while the driest areas are behind mountains, as in Western China. George B. Cressey. Asia's Lands and Peoples. New York. McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. 1952PP MS 19/08/03/4

Distribution of population: 'Asia's people live in the good land, and there are vast areas that offer little attraction for settlement (Data from the Great Soviet World Atlas I, 47-48) George B. Cressey. Asia's Lands and Peoples. New York. McGraw Hill Publishing . 1952PP MS 19/08/03/5

Concentrations of population in the monsoon lands, excepting Indo-China. Each dot represents approximately 500,000 people. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 11th Edition. 1962.PP MS 19/08/03/6

Area and population of Asia compared with those of the world as a whole; excluding Antarctica, Asia occupies approximately a third of the world's land surface and contains rather more than half of the world's population. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 11th Edition. 1962.PP MS 19/08/03/7

Principal religions (Shintoism in Japan and Taoism in China are two important religions not included). L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 11th Edition. 1962.PP MS 19/08/03/8

Languages of Europe and Asia. P.W. Schmidt. Die Sprachfamilien und Sprachenkreise der Erde. Heidelberg. Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung. 1926.PP MS 19/08/03/9

Physical features. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 11th Edition. 1962.PP MS 19/08/03/10

Distribution of languages: linguistic boundaries now coincide with State boundaries. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 11 Edition. 1962.PP MS 19/08/03/11

Distribution of Austric speech family. P.W. Schmidt. Die Sprachfamilien und Sprachenkreise der Erde. Heidelberg. Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung. 1926.PP MS 19/08/03/12

Distribution of Austro-Asiatic languages in India and South-East Asia. G. Grierson. Linguistic Survey of India Vol. I. Calcutta. Supt. Government Printing, India. 1909.PP MS 19/08/03/13

Distribution of Pronominalized languages. Gordon T. Bowles. "Linguistic and Racial Aspects of the Munda Problem". IN: Studies in the Anthropology of Oceania and Asia. Edited by Coon and Andrews (Papers of the Pea-body Museum Vol. XX). 1943.PP MS 19/08/03/14

Distribution of the Dravidian family of languages. G. Grierson. Linguistic Survey of India Vol. I. Calcutta. Supt. Government Printing, India. 1909.PP MS 19/08/03/15

Distribution of the Indo-Aryan family of languages. . Linguistic Survey of India Vol. I Calcutta. Supt. Government Printing, India. 1909.PP MS 19/08/03/16

Distribution of Dardic family of languages: a. where Dardic languages are now spoken. b. where Dardic influence is still prominent. . Linguistic Survey of India Vol. I. Calcutta. Supt. Government Printing, India. 1909.PP MS 19/08/03/17

Approximate position of the various groups of the Tibeto-Burman sub-family of languages. . Linguistic Survey of India Vol. I. Calcutta. Supt. Government Printing, India. 1909.PP MS 19/08/03/18

Localities in South Asia and in Burma in which Siamese Chinese languages are spoken. . Linguistic Survey of India Vol. I. Calcutta. Supt. Government Printing, India. 1909.PP MS 19/08/03/19

Political, showing State boundaries of 1963. New Delhi. Survey of India. 1963.PP MS 19/08/03/20

Land forms of South Asia: the plains of India and Pakistan are chiefly in the lowlands of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra valleys; most of the peninsula is hilly, while mountains enclose the north. George . Asia's Lands and Peoples. New York. McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. 1952.PP MS 19/08/03/21

Simplification of physical characteristics, showing the threefold division into the mountain wall, remarkably complete, the great plain and the plateau. L. Dudley Stam. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 11th Edition. 1962.PP MS 19/08/03/22

Density of population per square mile (1951). L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen 11th Edition. 1962.PP MS 19/08/03/23

Location of cities of 50,000 in-habitants and over in India and Pakistan (1941). Kingsley Davis. The Population of India and Pakistan. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1951.PP MS 19/08/03/24

Irrigation old and new: 1. Area commanded by modern canals 2. Wells 3. UP tube wells 4. Tanks 5. Major projects with areas to be irrigated in 100,000 acres. O.H.K. Spate. India and Pakistan. A General and Regional Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 1960.PP MS 19/08/03/25

Nuclear culture areas - Asoka to Aurangzeb: an attempt to illustrate the relative permanence of boundaries and the persistence of nuclear areas such as Malwa and Gujarat; the evidence permits of rough approximations only (based on standard histories and especially on C.C.Davies, An Historical Atlas of the Indian Peninsula 1949, E.W.Green, An Atlas of the Indian History, 1937 and W.M.Day, "Relative Permanence of Former Boundaries in India". IN: Scottish Geographical Magazine. Vol. XLV, 1949). O.H.K.Spate. India and Pakistan. A General and Regional Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 1960.PP MS 19/08/03/26

Distribution of mineral resources in India and Pakistan. Al. Bauxite Ap. Apatite Au. Gold B. Barytes Ch. Chromite Cu. Copper Fe. Iron G. Gypsum L. Lignite M. Mica Mg. Magnesite Mn. Manganese O. Oil Pb. Lead RA. Refractories and Abrasives S. Salt (in parentheses: by evaporation). V. Vanadium Z. Zinc Italics indicate unexploited reserves; size of letters roughly proportionate to importance. 'Atomic sands' are thoria-bearing ilmenite and monozite. O.H.K. Spate. India and Pakistan. A General and Regional Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 1960.PP MS 19/08/03/27

Areas in which the three major food crops and the principal commercial fibres are grown: rice, wheat and the grain sorghums (chiefly jowar) are the major food crops; jute in the east and cotton in the west are the principal commercial fibres. (Based on Van Valkenburg, Economic Geography). George . Asia's Lands and Peoples. New York. McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. 1952.PP MS 19/08/03/28

Diagram Number of acres of agricultural land per person dependent on the land (selected areas of British India at various dates from 1891-92 to 1939-40). Kingsley Davis. The Population of India and Pakistan. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1951.PP MS 19/08/03/29

Medieval trade routes between Europe and the Far East. (Medieval names where differing from modern names are in italics). L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 11th Edition. 1962.PP MS 19/08/03/30

Chief routes across the mountain wall of India (numbers refer to the explanation in text). Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 11th Edition. 1962.PP MS 19/08/03/31

World distribution of emigrants from India and Pakistan, about 1940. Kingsley Davis. The Population of India and Pakistan. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1951.PP MS 19/08/03/32

Distribution of major communities in India and Pakistan, 1941 (By courtesy of L.Hoffmann, G.J). O.M.K. Spate. India and Pakistan. A General and Regional Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 11th Edition. 1960.PP MS 19/08/03/33

Distribution of minor communities in India and Pakistan, 1941 (Placings of symbols approximate and the wide scatter of very small numbers, e.g. of Indian Christians or Jains, cannot be indicated. Practically all Sikhs are, after Partition, on the Indian side of the border). O.H.K. Spate. India and Pakistan. A General and Regional Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 1960.PP MS 19/08/03/34

Distribution of Christians in the population, 1931. Kingsley Davis. The Population of India and Pakistan. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1951.PP MS 19/08/03/35

Distribution of Tribal religionists in the population of India and Pakistan, 1931. Kingsley Davis. The Population of India and Pakistan. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1951.PP MS 19/08/03/36

Distribution of the races and tribes of India and Pakistan. E. von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History". IN: Mysore Tribes and Castes. Vol. I. By Anantakrishna Iyyer. Mysore Mysore Government Press. 1935.PP MS 19/08/03/37

Distribution of the races and tribes of India and Pakistan. Duplicate of Slide No. 37.PP MS 19/08/03/38

Political units, 1946. John Scofield. "India in Crisis". National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 123. 1963.PP MS 19/08/03/39

Political units, 1963. John Scofield. "India in Crisis". National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 123. 1963.PP MS 19/08/03/40

Main routes across Central Asia. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 11th Edition. 1962.PP MS 19/08/03/41

Himalayan Region: Tibet, S.W. China, North Central and North East India. Desmond Doig. "Sikkim". IN: National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 123. 1963.PP MS 19/08/03/42

Sikkim and surrounding areas. Desmond Doig. "Sikkim". IN: National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 123. 1963.PP MS 19/08/03/43

Kashmir and sounding areas, showing region disputed by Pakistan, India and China. W.E.Garrett. "Mountaintop War in Remote Ladakh". IN: National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 123. 1963.PP MS 19/08/03/44

Himalayan Region: Kashmir and the surrounding areas disputed by China (Communist China claims the Aksai Chin, the high desolate northeast corner, and have built a military road to link Tibet and Sinkiang. Since partition India and Pakistan are in dispute over Kashmir). W.E.Garrett. "Mountaintop War in Remote Ladakh". IN: National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 123. 1963.PP MS 19/08/03/45

Seasonal movements of Bhotiya populations in Kumaon: 1. Movement of goods to intermediate bases 2. Advance pioneer parties to summer villages(April-May). 3. Goods to summer villages (May-June) 4. Traders to Tibet (July-August) 5. Families and flocks to upper valleys (June) 6. General descent (October) 7. Trading trips to plains (usually two trips Sept.-April) I,IV,XI - sites and months of fairs. Heights of passes in thousand feet (based on text of S.D. Pant. The Social Economy of the Himalayans, 1935). O.H.K. Spate. India and Pakistan. A General and Regional Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 1960.PP MS 19/08/03/46

Territory of Sa sKya Buddhist sect, showing monasteries and area to which officials from Capital were sent. C.W.Cassinelli and Robert E. Ekvall A Tibetan Principality. The Political System of Sa Skya.PP MS 19/08/03/671

Tsang Domain of Sa sKya proper, showing District Offices, Monasteries and Nunneries, Settlements and residents of prominent Families. C.W.Cassinelli and Robert E. Ekvall A Tibetan Principality. The Political System of Sa Skya.PP MS 19/08/03/672

Distribution of non-herding populations of Sa sKya proper. Tsang. C.W.Cassinelli and Robert E. Ekvall A Tibetan Principality. The Political System of Sa Skya.PP MS 19/08/03/673

Sa sKya gDan Sa, the capital of sKya, showing principal sections of the town, main buildings, concentrations of population and irrigation arrangements. Tsang. C.W.Cassinelli and Robert E. Ekvall A Tibetan Principality. The Political System of Sa Skya.PP MS 19/08/03/674

Basin of the Tigris-Euphrates River and surrounding areas; stippled area shows alluvial delta plain. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography.PP MS 19/08/03/691

Vegetation of the Arab Peninsular, showing cultivated land, deserts, steppes and steppe deserts. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography.PP MS 19/08/03/692

Sketch map of Nepal Valley showing Bagmati River and tributaries, and towns and major villages. Bagmati, C. von Fürer-HaimendorfPP MS 19/08/03/829

Nepal in relation to Asia. Rradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.PP MS 19/08/03/1003

Government of IndiaPP MS 19/08/03/1004

Preferred altitudes of settlement of selected ethnic groups inhabiting Bagmati, Janakpur and Sagarmatha Anchals. C. von F?rer-HaimendorfPP MS 19/08/03/1005

Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.PP MS 19/08/03/1006

Political Divisions (1956) Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.PP MS 19/08/03/1007

Population density. Pradyumna Prasad Karan. NepalPP MS 19/08/03/1008

Transportation: main lines of communication. Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.PP MS 19/08/03/1009

Drainage. Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.PP MS 19/08/03/1010

Buddhist population. Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.PP MS 19/08/03/1011

Population by Religion. Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.PP MS 19/08/03/1012

Sketch showing distribution of ethnic groups in north-central Kali Gandaki valley: Thakali, Panchgaonli, Bara-gaonli. Mustang, Dhaulagiri. C. von F?rer-HaimendorfPP MS 19/08/03/1013

Sketch showing villages of Thakali in north-central valley of Kali Gandaki valley. Mustang, Dhaulagiri. C. von F?rer-HaimendorfPP MS 19/08/03/1014

Sketch showing valley of the Sun Kosi river: Bagmati, Janakpur and Sagar-matha Anchals. C. von F?rer-HaimendorfPP MS 19/08/03/1015