By M S Nazki
When the British, taking advantage of the nobility of the Indians, took control of this continent, they felt the need to make a proper map of the country of India with great urgency. Then the rulers of that time organized a meeting of Military Officers in Gujarat. In this meeting, the Civil Rulers, Officers and Intellectuals of the state of that time presented their impressions and opinions on the purpose and objective of making a proper and an accurate map of India. Finally, the famous Geologist of that time, Major James Rennell, was summoned from the capital of the British Empire to the occupied state of India. This is about the year 1787 when Major James Rennell, who came from London, carefully studied all the religious books available in India and prepared a rough map. When James Rennell prepared a rough map of the country of India, it was seen by Sain Sada, a farmer from Haryana. This Indian farmer, Sain Sada, helped this English Geologist and the map of India was prepared. Although later this map has been changed from time to time. According to a famous Islamic scholar, scientist and historian, Ibn Sina, “The map is the clothing of the body of the country.” Now we are talking about a map of India on a rock near Siyalan Bufliaz In Surankote area of Poonch district on the historical Mughal Road of the historical state of India, which is currently the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, that is, a map of India has been designed with such beauty that any sincere person or lover of India who sees it during his/her journey made his or her happyness with the core of his/her heart. The map of India on the said rock has been designed by the painters with such great beauty that no matter what the weather of Kashmir is, it does not affect it. This is how the beauty of this map has remained eternal.
