Indian Evidence Act, 1872
87. Presumption as to books, maps and charts
The Courts may presume
that any book to which it may refer for information on matters of public or
general interest, and that any published map or chart, the statements of which
are relevant facts and which is produced for its inspection, was written and
published by the person and at the time and place, by whom or at which it
purports to have been written or published.