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Indian Cities section under mapsofindia.com gives a lot of information on the maps of various Indian cities. These maps feature important roads, railways, hotels and hospitals and other important facts about a city. Some of the important cities of India are Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Bangalore and Chandigarh.

Indian Cities site under mapsofindia.com provides the name of the cities in an alphabetical manner with 6 divisions:

· A to D: Abids City Map, Bharatpur City Map, Ahmedabad City Map, Diu Island Map, Agra City Map, Dalhousie City Map, Alwar City Map, Anna Salai Coimbatore City Map, Aurangabad City Map, Bangalore City Map, Calangute City Map, Bhopal City Map, Bhubaneshwar City Map, Amritsar City Map, Bhuj City Map, Bijapur City Map, Bikaner City Map, Chennai City Map, Bhavnagar City Map, Bundi City Map, Chandigarh City Map, Bijapur City Map, Chittaurgarh City Map, Cuttack City Map, Dehradun City Map, Delhi City Map, Alappuzha City Map

· E to H: Gwalior City Map, Ernakulam City Map, Gandhinagar City Map, Faridabad City Map, Ghaziabad City Map, Gurgaon City Map, Haridwar City Map, Guwahati City Map, Hubli City Map, Hyderabad City Map, Greater Mumbai City Map

· I to L: Kollam City Map, Imphal City Map, Jabalpur City Map, Lucknow City Map, Jaipur City Map, Indore City Map, Jaisalmer City Map, Kottayam City Map, Junagadh City Map, Kanpur City Map, Jamshedpur City Map, Kanyakumari City Map, Khandala City Map, Kodaikanal City Map, Kochi City Map, Kolkata City Map, Kota City Map, Kovalam City Map, Jalandhar City Map, Kozhikode City Map, Ludhiana City Map, Khajuraho City Map

· M to P: Panaji City Map, Madurai City Map, Nainital City Map, Periyar City Map, Mandu Fort Map, Noida City Map, Margoa City Map, Mount Abu City Map, Puri City Map, Mumbai City Map, Munnar City Map, Nagpur City Map, Mysore City Map, Ooty City Map, Mangalore City Map, Orchha City Map, Palakkad City Map, Patna City Map, Porbandar City Map, Mathura City Map, Port Blair City Map, Pune City Map, Pushkar City Map, Manali City Map, Pondicherry City Map

· Q to T: Rajkot City Map, Rameswaram City Map, Ranchi City Map, Rishikesh City Map, Sanchi City Map, Secunderabad City Map, Shillong City Map, Shimla City Map, Somnath City Map, Surat City Map, Thanjavur City Map, Thiruvananthapuram Map, Thrissur City Map, Tiruchchirappalli City Map, Tirumala City Map

· U to X: Varanasi City Map, Udaipur City Map, Vijayawada City Map, Vadodra City Map, Varkala City Map, Vishakhapatnam City Map, Ujjain Fort Map, Vasco da Gama City Map

Indian city map are required to figure out locations, institutions, roads, markets, high court, rivers, geographical boundaries and other aspects of the cities of India. Studies of India map are essential to conduct research on any of the Indian cities, or to travel to any cities in India. There is another link on Indian Cities site under mapsofindia.com providing the old names and new names of a particular city.

Hong Kong was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 until the transfer of its sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997. The Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of Hong Kong stipulate that Hong Kong operates with a high degree of autonomy until at least 2047, fifty years after the transfer. Under the policy of "one country, two systems", the Central People's Government is responsible for the territory's defense and foreign affairs, while Hong Kong maintains its own legal system, police force, monetary system, customs policy, immigration policy, and delegates to international organizations and events.
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In the Map of Hong kong shows the Archaeological findings suggest human activity in Hong Kong dates back over 5000 years. Bronze fishing and combat tools of Yuet people during Bronze Age have been excavated on Lantau Island and Lamma Island. Stone religious carvings on outlying islands and coastal areas have also been found, possibly related Che people in Neolithic. The latest findings dating from the Paleolithic suggest that Wong Tei Tung (黃地峒 is one of the most ancient settlements in Hong Kong.

The territory was incorporated into China during the Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206 BC), and the area was firmly consolidated under Nam Yuet (203 BC - 111 BC.) Archaeological evidence indicates that the population has increased since the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220). In the 1950s, the tomb at Lei Cheng Uk from the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 – 220) was excavated and archaeologists began to investigate the possibility that salt production flourished in Hong Kong around 2000 years ago, although conclusive evidence has not been found.

Tai Po Hoi, the sea of Tai Po, was a major pearl hunting harbour in China since Han Dynasty. The activities peaked during the Southern Han (917 to 971) and continued till Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644)

During the Tang Dynasty, the Guangdong region flourished as an international trading center. The Tuen Mun region in what is now Hong Kong's New Territories served as a port, naval base, salt production centre and later, base for the exploitation of pearls. Lantau Island was also the salt production centre where the salt smugglers riots broke out against the government.

In 1276 during the Mongol invasion, the Southern Song Dynasty court moved to Fujian, then to Lantau Island and later to today's Kowloon City, but the child emperor, Zhao Bing, after being defeated in the Battle of Yamen, committed suicide by drowning with his officials. Tung Chung valley, named after a hero who gave up his life for the emperor, is believed to have been a base for the court. Hau Wong, an official of the emperor is still worshipped in Hong Kong today.

However, during the Mongol period, Hong Kong saw its first population boom as Chinese refugees entered the area. Five clans of Hau (Hou, 候, Tang (Deng, 鄧, Pang (Peng, 彭 and Liu (Liao, 廖 and Man (Wen, 文 were claimed to be among the earliest recorded familial settlers, Map of Hong Kong. Despite the immigration and light development of agriculture, the area was hilly and relatively barren. People had to rely on salt, pearl and fishery trades to produce income. Some clans built walled villages to protect themselves from the threat of bandits, rival clans and wild animals. The famous Chinese pirate Cheung Po Tsai also had many legendary stories in Hong Kong.

The last dynasty in China, Qing Dynasty, would also be the last to come in contact with Hong Kong. As a military outpost and trading port, the Hong Kong territory would gain the attention of the world.