Iyer, Meera and Nagendra, Harini and Rajani, MB
(2012)
Using satellite imagery and historical maps to study the original contours of Lalbagh Botanical Garden.
Current Science, 102 (3).
pp. 507-509.
ISSN 0011-3891
| Abstract: |
The Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore,
one of the country’s oldest botanical
gardens, has a long history. In 1760,
Hyder Ali established a garden here,
which was later expanded by his son
Tipu Sultan. After Tipu was defeated and
killed in 1799, the stewardship of
Lalbagh passed through several hands
before finally being taken over by the
then Government of Mysore and made
the Government Gardens.
It is generally believed that the garden
that Hyder Ali set up in 1760 was located
north of and adjacent to the Lalbagh
tank. For example, maps published by
the Department of Horticulture, Government
of Karnataka depict the garden
between 1760 and 1856 covering a
roughly rectangular patch of about 40
acres adjacent to the tank.
Using a combination of historical
maps, old paintings and recent remotely
sensed images, we have examined the
actual boundaries of the garden as it was
in the period of Tipu. |
| Item Type: |
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| Subjects: |
School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Humanities |
| Date Deposited: |
14 Feb 2012 04:29 |
| Last Modified: |
08 May 2015 09:57 |
| Official URL: |
http://cs-test.ias.ac.in/cs/Volumes/102/03/0507.pd... |
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| URI: |
http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/296 |
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