Activity-Look carefully at
Figure and write a paragraph
(around 100 words) explaining
how this image projects an
imperial perception.
BRAHMANS OFFERING THE
SHASTRAS TO BRITANNIA,
FRONTISPIECE TO THE FIRST
MAP PRODUCED BY JAMES
RENNEL, 1782
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Answer: Brahmans offering the Shastras to Britannia, frontispiece to the first map produced by James Rennel, 1782 Rennel was asked by Robert Clive to produce maps of Hindustan. An enthusiastic supporter of British conquest of India, Rennel saw preparation of maps as essential to the process of domination.
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