History
Surveys
In this Class 12 History topic, students examine how colonial surveys were used to measure land, map villages, classify rural communities, and collect information for administration and revenue assessment. They learn to read surveys as official archives, while asking who conducted them, what methods they used, and how their categories shaped the colonial understanding of the countryside. The topic also helps students compare administrative records with the lived experiences of peasants, zamindars, and other rural groups.
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