Uncovering Pre-District Bioregions of India
The concept of bioregions has been around for some time in intellectual circles.
This monograph takes as its hypothesis that, in India, the basis and extent of spatial
regions, prevailing before the colonial district system, was rooted in observations and
experiences of communities, garnered over centuries, of the homogeneity of natural features over space and the edges at which a different ecology emerged.
This monograph has, within the constraints of time and resources, identified several
such regions and has also outlined the possibility of these ecoregions becoming the
underpinning of developmental decisions for the group of present day districts which
overlie such regions.
This work may only be the start of an exploratory journey leading us into underexplored territories and concepts.
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Table of contents
I. The Concept of Bioregions .....................................................................7
II. The Current Politico-Administrative Map Layer in India ..........................10
III. Peering Beneath the Formalized Districts Layer of the Map ........................ 13
IV. The Approach to Identifying Historical Bioregions ................................... 16
V. A Brief Examination of Natural Characteristics of Some Identified
Regions .....................................................................................................26
VI. Limitations and Challenges ................................................................... 34
VII. Conclusion and Way Forward ................................................................... 36
VIII. Bibliography ................................................................................................... 37