region: India

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Historical maps of Southeast Asia and Singapore

Database

“On August 30, the online platform Historical Maps of Southeast Asia was launched. The platform provides access to over 1,400 digitised maps of Southeast Asia from the collections of the National Library Board Singapore (307 maps), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library – Yale University (150 maps), Bodleian Libraries – University of Oxford (387 maps) […]

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South Asian Newspapers

Database

East View has announced OA acces to a collection of South Asian Newspapers, including 9 titles from the period 1850-1992: Daily Business Post Dainika basumatī (দৈনিক বসুতী) Dnyānaprakāśa (ज्ञानप्रकाश : the daily Dnyan Prakash) Eastern Examiner  Kerala chronicle Lahore Chronicle Malabar Herald Pakistan Observer Samaja The 9 titles with language, location and available years can […]

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Shodhganga – Reservoir of Indian Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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“Shodhganga” is a digital repository of Indian electronic theses and dissertations containing over 444.000 theses . Submission of an electronic version of PhD theses and dissertations by researchers in Indian universities is mandated since 2016 in order to facilitate open access to Indian theses and dissertations to the academic community world-wide. The word “Shodh” originates […]

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National Archives of India

Database

The National Archives of India proides  free online access to some of their collections of historical material via the Abhilekh Patal portal for access to archives and learning.   There are 16 different collections incl. e g Education and health, home political, private records, public records. There is also the possiblity to ask for digitization on […]

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Census of India

Database

“The Indian Census is the largest single source of a variety of statistical information on different characteristics of the people of India. With a history of more than 130 years, this reliable, time tested exercise has been bringing out a veritable wealth of statistics every 10 years, beginning from 1872 when the first census was […]

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Bibliography of Asian Studies

Database

Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) is the most comprehensive Western-language bibliographical database for research on East, Southeast and South Asia. Published by the Association for Asian Studies, it covers all subjects with special focus on the humanities and social sciences. Red more in this information leaflet on BAS.  

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South Asia Open Archives (SAOA)

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South Asia Open Archives is a free open-access resource for research and teaching – a rich and growing curated collection of key historical and contemporary sources in arts, humanities and social sciences, from and about South Asia, in English and other languages of the region. SAOA’s collection contains hundreds of thousands of pages of books, […]

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