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Original – Index to the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India (1922). Open for higher quality.
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Index to the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India (1922). The survey had great scientific and popular accomplishments, namely being one of the first accurate measurements of a section of a longitude's arc, other measurements that led to the development of the theory of isostasy, and the measurements of the height of the Everest, K2, and Kanchenjunga (3 of the highest mountains in the world). FP on Commons.
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Great Trigonometrical Survey
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Government of India, uploaded by Shyamal

Promoted File:1922 Index of Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:51, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]