Reviews: Bengal in Maps

Summary

This is an academic review of S. P. Chatterjee's *Bengal in Maps* (1950), a socio-economic regional atlas focusing on resource distribution in West and East Bengal. The review highlights the atlas's clear presentation of natural vegetation and agricultural patterns (e.g., rice, jute), which facilitates teaching and regional planning. However, it criticizes the combined mapping of rocks and soils as confusing and notes that the extent of soil survey coverage is not indicated. Overall, the review commends the author's painstaking work despite imperfect data and underscores the urgent need for regional atlases as a basis for intelligent planning.