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India to illustrate the gauges of railways

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This map of India and Burma (Myanmar) shows railways, and railways sanctioned or under construction. The lines on Myanmar are all metre gauge. There is also a list of the railway lines shown, with their route and length.

Stanford's Library Map of Asia

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location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Southeast Asia is on sheet four of this map. British colonial territory—British Burma, the Straits Settlements, Sarawak, Brunei, British North Borneo—is highlighted in red, with Dutch, Spanish, French and Portuguese territory also shown.

Skeleton map of India

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On this map of India, Burma (Myanmar) is divided into two regions: ‘British Burma’—under British colonial rule after the Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852)—and Upper Burma (labelled ‘Burma’), under British rule after the Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885).

Karenni boundaries

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Map of the four Karenni States—Nammekon, Naungpale, Bawlake, Kyebogyi—in Burma (modern Kayah State, Myanmar) and surrounding areas. Mountains are represented by hachures: short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain.

India shewing railways

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This map of India and Burma (Myanmar) shows railways, and railways sanctioned or under construction. There is a list of the railway lines shown, with their route and length. Other maps show the same area in different years of the 1890s.

India

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location_onIndonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand

British Burma is coloured pink on this six-sheet map of India. Mountains are represented by hachures—short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain—and settlements, railways, roads, rivers and lighthouses are marked.

India shewing railways

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This map of India and Burma (Myanmar) shows railways, and railways sanctioned or under construction. Other maps in this series show the same area in different years of the 1890s.

Stanford's Map of the Empires of China & Japan with the adjacent parts of the Russian Empire, India, Burma &c.

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location_onMyanmar, Vietnam

The most northern part of Southeast Asia is shown on this map of China and Japan, with Burma (Myanmar) and Tong-King (Vietnam) appearing at the bottom of the map. Mountains, rivers and settlements are marked, as well as a railway line in Burma.

India shewing railways

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This map of India and Burma (Myanmar) shows railways, and railways sanctioned or under construction. Other maps in this series show the same area in different years of the 1890s.

India

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On this map of India, Burma (Myanmar) is divided into administrative regions. Borders with India and Siam are hand-coloured.

Stanford's Map of the Empires of China & Japan with the adjacent parts of the Russian Empire, India, Burma &c.

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location_onMyanmar, Vietnam

The most northern part of Southeast Asia is shown on this map of China and Japan, with Burma (Myanmar) and Tong King (Vietnam) appearing at the bottom of the map. Mountains, rivers and settlements are marked, as well as a railway line in Burma.

Telegraph map of India

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Spread over six sheets, this map of India also features Burma (Myanmar) on sheet four and on an inset map on sheet six. Telegraph lines are shown connecting the telegraph offices in cities and towns, including lines and offices under construction.

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