Is this northern India in the map?

this looks like china

If you were referring to Jammu and Kashmir from the shape of it, that doesnt look like J&K or North Part of India.

@pryiyaagarwal27: I'm not seeing any provinces of China, though perhaps there are some similarities. Could you be more specific, please?

@trablogger: You're right that it's not a perfect match for Jammu or Kashmir or other northern parts of India. Maybe it's a stylized map of some kind. If anybody knows where this is, I'd really like to hear. Thanks.

@HotelVaishnaviJaipur: Are you saying that it does like like India or that it does not look like India? Thank you.

Is this northern India shown in the map? .... Maybe it's a stylized map of some kind. If anybody knows where this is, I'd really like to hear. Thanks.

Why do you ask?

http://www.epa.eu/economy-business-and-finance-photos/computing-it-photos/india-social-media-in-bangalore-photos-54099439

Thanks for the link. That was helpful. It still leaves me wondering geographical area is depicted on the map.

I'm interested in the use of maps in different cultural traditions, and I was especially intrigued by the decorative knots along the borders of this map. But to better understand the context, I want to know what's depicted on the map.

I'm not sure that it is a real geograpghical area. It's stylised (obviously) but to me does not look like the outline of any one Indian State, or group of States. It doesn't look like the area of Bangalore either.

If you look at the other images from that same event, they are not 'geographic' at all.

http://www.epa.eu/economy-business-and-finance-photos/computing-it-photos/india-social-media-in-bangalore-photos-54099445

http://www.epa.eu/economy-business-and-finance-photos/computing-it-photos/india-social-media-in-bangalore-photos-54099447

http://www.epa.eu/economy-business-and-finance-photos/computing-it-photos/india-social-media-in-bangalore-photos-54099424

I'm interested in the use of maps in different cultural traditions

I'm not sure a 'map' (if that's what it is) at a social media conference (if that's what it is) counts as a cultural tradition.

If you're determined then the next step is to track down what event those photos are from by sending an email to the photographer.

Thanks, life-support, for your help with this. For me, it's not idle pondering (nothing wrong with that, though!), it's from a real interest in how maps are used and perceived.

I'm not sure a 'map' (if that's what it is) at a social media conference (if that's what it is) counts as a cultural tradition.

That's exactly what I'm trying to suss out. The "map" is not unlike the sort of prettified geographical representations that you sometimes see in maps from centuries past, but this one is reduced to an outline with pretty borders. I'd be interested to know if old maps originating from this part of the world look anything like this. I agree that this one is obviously stylized, as the figures of people dancing or otherwise celebrating -- and one sitting alone with a phone -- show.

If it is intentionally suggestive of older maps, then it's all the more interesting that this is what was chosen to represent the prevalence of 21st-century social media platforms.

But it could be simply that the graphic artist just made a map-like background for the social media logos. And the decorative border is there because the artist, like most artists, is someone who likes to make things -- even charts and diagrams -- a bit more beautiful. I suspect that works well in India.

If you're determined then the next step is to track down what event those photos are from by sending an email to the photographer.

Yeah, I wrote to him a couple of days ago on Facebook, but I haven't gotten a reply yet.

Thanks again for the help.