The international ellipsoid, 1924, was locally fitted to the Indian geoid in 1927. An attempt is here made to obtain the initial values for the Indian geodetic datum (I.G.D.) in absolute terms by gravimetric method using the available gravity material. The values obtained independently by the author’s least-squares solution technique, making use of the available astrogeodetic data in India, were also utilized in the results of the present determination.