Cantonment grid
Straight roads and large blocks mark the military cantonment founded in 1818, one of the most regular street patterns in the region.
Minimalist map poster · India
A planned British cantonment on the dry plains near Ajmer, laid out in long straight roads beside an older town
26.3047° N / 74.7336° E





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The map
Nasīrābād lies in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan, on open, semi-arid country east of Ajmer. The town was established in 1818 as a military cantonment by the British East India Company under Sir David Ochterlony, and the map still shows the logic of that origin: broad, straight roads, generous plots and a clear separation between the cantonment and the civil town.
That contrast is the most interesting thing to see from above. The cantonment side is spacious and rectilinear, with parade grounds and long avenues, while the town area is denser and more organic, with narrow lanes that grew around markets and homes. Today the cantonment remains an active army station.
A Nasīrābād map poster makes that two-part structure easy to read. In monochrome the wide cantonment grid and the tight lanes of the town sit side by side like two different drawings. The town is also widely known in Rajasthan for its kachori, a local snack that draws visitors from Ajmer and beyond.
Straight roads and large blocks mark the military cantonment founded in 1818, one of the most regular street patterns in the region.
Next to the cantonment, the civil town has a denser and less formal network of streets, the part of the map where most shops and homes are found.
The surrounding landscape is flat and dry, so the settlement stands out clearly against open land crossed by a few roads and a railway.
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Why Nasīrābād
Many families have lived in Nasīrābād through army postings, which gives this map a particular meaning: a place that was home for a few years, remembered for its roads, schools and markets. A print keeps that chapter visible.
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Get the Nasīrābād poster — $9| Print size | Resolution | Files |
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| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7″) | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3, 11.7 × 16.5″) | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2, 16.5 × 23.4″) | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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