Who is known as the father of Indian geography?

James Renell (1742–1830), is known as the father of Indian Geography. He did extensive survey work for the East India Company in India. After his initial work of survey of the Ganga River(1764) to find a navigable waterway from the city of Calcutt... read more

James Rennell, now known as the Father of Indian Geography, laboured in Bengal and elsewhere for a period of 13 years, during which he surveyed an area of about 300,000 square miles (780,000 km2), stretching from the eastern boundaries of Lower Bengal to Agra, and from the Himalayas to the borders of Bundelkhand and Chota Nagpur. read more

Hiccatius is often called Father of Geography. Eratosthenes is known as father of systematic geography, proposed the word 'Geography' first. Herodotus is called father of historical geography. read more