Surveys as source of Information


 
 
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Surveys as source of Information

Surveys become important: The practice of surveying also became common under the colonial administration. 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. In the villages, revenue surveys were conducted. The effort was to know the topography, the soil quality, the flora, the fauna, the local histories, and the cropping pattern – all the facts seen as necessary to know about to administer the region. There were many other surveys botanical surveys, zoological surveys, archaeological surveys, anthropological surveys, forest surveys. Calligraphists were experts in the art of beautifully handwriting. In the early years of 19th century, important documents were carefully copied and beautifully written by the calligraphists.

Historian derive from surveys

  • Surveys in any field are very important and crucial in the sense that they helps one to collect the right date , figures , information and reports regarding a subject.
  • For a historian, surveys are equally important because a historian studies facts about history.
  • For the historians , archeological surveys are important because they deal with the past.
  • A historian can come across certain information like the ancient civilizations, the behaviours  of human being in the past, structure of the society, the culture and the traditions, habits and their livelihood.
  • These are important because the historians can assess actual information prevalent during the period and what transformation has been brought or will be taking place in future.
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