▁mountains ▁were ▁also ▁made . ▁The ▁ 8 th - century ▁scholar ▁B hav ab h uti ▁conce ived ▁paint ings ▁which ▁indicated ▁ge ographical ▁regions . ▁ ▁Italian ▁scholar ▁Francesco ▁Lorenzo ▁P ull è ▁reprodu ced ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁ancient ▁Indian ▁maps ▁in ▁his ▁mag num ▁op us ▁La ▁Cart ografia ▁Ant ica ▁dell ' Ind ia . ▁Out ▁of ▁these ▁maps , ▁two ▁have ▁been ▁reprodu ced ▁using ▁a ▁manuscript ▁of ▁Lok ap rak asa , ▁originally ▁compiled ▁by ▁the ▁poly math ▁K sem endra ▁( K ash mir , ▁ 1 1 th ▁century ), ▁as ▁a ▁source . ▁The ▁other ▁manuscript , ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁by ▁P ull è , ▁is ▁titled ▁Sam gra h ani . ▁The ▁early ▁volumes ▁of ▁the ▁Encyclop ædia ▁Britannica ▁also ▁described ▁cart ographic ▁charts ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁D rav id ian ▁people ▁of ▁India . ▁ ▁Maps ▁from ▁the ▁Ain - e - A kb ari , ▁a ▁M ug hal ▁document ▁detail ing ▁India ' s ▁history ▁and ▁trad itions , ▁contain ▁references ▁to ▁locations ▁indicated ▁in ▁earlier ▁Indian ▁cart ographic ▁trad itions . ▁Another ▁map ▁describing ▁the ▁kingdom ▁of ▁Nep al , ▁four ▁feet ▁in ▁length ▁and ▁about ▁two ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁feet ▁in ▁bread th , ▁was ▁presented ▁to ▁Warren ▁H ast ings . ▁In ▁this ▁map ▁the ▁mountains ▁were ▁elev ated ▁above ▁the ▁surface , ▁and ▁several ▁ge ographical ▁elements ▁were ▁indicated ▁in ▁different ▁colors . ▁ ▁Islam ic ▁cart ographic ▁schools ▁ ▁Arab ▁and ▁Pers ian ▁cart