Question

2. Briefly describe surveying as a means for reconstructing the colonial history​

Answer 1

Answer

The practice of surveying became common under the colonial administeration.The British believed that a country had to be properly known before it could be effectively administered.

By the early nineteenth century detailed surveys were being carried out to map the entire country. From the end of nineteenth century, Census operations were held every ten years.

There were many surveys - revenue surveys, botanical surveys, zoological surveys, archeological surveys, anthropological surveys, forest surveys and many more.

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