Hi,
Thanks for your response.
Georeferenced map is a GIS related terminology....
It is better explained here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georeference
I wanted to load the georefernced image because these maps 'sits/ properly occupy space' exactly in its 'physical space'. And, therefore what ever modifications/ digitisation I do on this maps.. these can be used with other maps (ex. linking this digitised data with other data sets or superimposing this data on other maps).
I will try with 2.x.x and get back to you.
Thanks
Pavan