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South Asian History:

Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Below are archives, libraries, and museums for South Asian history. For additional resources, see Asian History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums. To search for archival materials, use the resources at History: Databases and Indexes: Archival Resources.

• British Library: India Office Records

• British Council Library Network in India

• Libraries on the Web: India

• Libraries on the Web: Pakistan

• National Archives of India

• National Library of India

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South Asian History:

Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

For additional listings, see Asian History: Associations, Organizations, and Institutes.

• American Institute of Indian Studies

• British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS)

• Society for South Asian Studies (SSAS)

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South Asian History:

Background

Sometimes you may need some information to get more familiar with your topic. Additional resources are listed at Asian History: Background.

• Claus, Peter J., Margaret A. Mills and Sarah Diamond, eds. South Asian Folklore: an Encyclopedia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. New York: Routledge, 2003.
  HUNT REF-1 GR302 .S68 2003

• Digital Dictionaries of South Asia (Digital South Asia Library)

• Johnson, B. L. C. Geographical Dictionary of India. New Delhi: Vision Books, c2001.
  HUNT REF-1 DS414.2 .J65 2001

• Johnson, Gordon. Cultural Atlas of India: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka. New York: Facts on File, c1996.
  HUNT REF-1 DS421 .J6 1996

• Kapoor, Subodh, ed. The Indian Encyclopaedia: Biographical, Historical, Religious, Administrative, Ethnological, Commercial and Scientific. 25 vols. New Delhi: Cosmo Publications, 2002.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Encyclopedia Alcove (Ground Fl) DS423 .I563 2002

• Malik, Hafeez. The Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  HUNT REF-1 DS376.8 .E53 2006

• Mansingh, Surjit. Historical Dictionary of India. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, c1996.
  HUNT REF-1 DS405 .M27 1996

• Robinson, Francis, ed. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
  HUNT REF-1 DS334.9 .C36 1989

• Wolpert, Stanley A., ed. Encyclopedia of India. 4 vols. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons: Thomson Gale, 2006.
  HUNT REF-1 DS405 .E556 2005

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South Asian History:

Biographical Resources

Below are biographical resources for South Asian History. Some of the general resources listed at Asian History: Biographical Resources may be useful, too.

• Kapoor, Subodh, ed. The Indian Encyclopaedia: Biographical, Historical, Religious, Administrative, Ethnological, Commercial and Scientific. 25 vols. New Delhi: Cosmo Publications, 2002.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Encyclopedia Alcove (Ground Fl) DS423 .I563 2002

• Ray, Nisith Ranjan, ed. Dictionary of National Biography. Supplement. 4 vols. Calcutta: Institute of Historical Studies, 1986- .
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Reference (Ground Floor) CT1502 S46 Suppl.
  Library has vol. 1 A-D

• Scholberg, Henry, ed. The Biographical Dictionary of Greater India. New Delhi: Promilla & Co., 1998.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Reference (Ground Floor) DS434 .B56 1998

• Sen, Siba Pada, ed. Dictionary of National Biography. 4 vols. Calcutta: Institute of Historical Studies, 1972-74.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Reference (Ground Floor) CT1502 S46

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South Asian History:

Databases and Indexes

For databases and indexes relevant to South Asian history, see Asian History: Databases and Indexes. For a more complete listing of those relevant to History, see History: Databases and Indexes. If you need help in selecting or using a database or index for your research, please contact the Hunt Library reference desk.

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South Asian History:

Discussion Lists

For additional resources, see Asian History: Discussion Lists.

• H-SEASIA

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South Asian History:

Internet Guides

• Asia Resources on the World Wide Web
  • South Asia, General
  • India
  • Pakistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Nepal

• Sarai South Asia Resource Access on the Internet (Columbia University Libraries)

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South Asian History:

Journals

Below are major journals in South Asian history. Use Cameo and the Find e-journal list to search for other journal titles in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, or use the databases listed in Asian History: Databases and Indexes to find journal articles on particular topics. For additional titles, see Asian History: Journals.

• The Indian Economic and Social History Review.
  v. 1, 1963-present.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Journals (4th Fl.1960+; Gr. Fl. pre-1960)

• Social Scientist (South Asian Digital Library)
  1972-2001

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South Asian History:

Maps

For additional maps, see Asian History: Maps

• Dutt, Ashok K. Atlas of South Asia. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1987.
  HUNT REF-1 G2260 .D8 1987

• Maps from the Imperial Gazetteer of India (Digital South Asia Library)

• TT. Maps & Publications Ltd. An Atlas of India. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
  HUNT REF-1 G2280 .T7 1990

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South Asian History:

Pictorial Resources

Below are pictorial resources for South Asian History. For others, see Asian History: Pictorial Resouces. Additional books may be found by searching in Cameo, the library catalog, with india and pictorial as subject keywords.

• Digital South Asia Library
  • Hensley Photo Library
    Photographs taken during World War II by an American serviceman, Glenn S. Hensley
  • American Institute of Indian Studies
    Architecture, sculpture, terracotta, painting and numismatics
  • Madras College of Arts and Crafts
    Photographs range from the hill tribes of Niligiris to pagodas and monuments of the Madras Presidency to guns and antiques from Fort St. George.

• Glimpses of South Asia before 1947 (Harappa.com)
  • Images
    Photographs, lithographs, engravings, etc.
  • Movies

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South Asian History:

Primary Sources

Below are primary sources for South Asian History. Materials from the Center for Research Libraries' South Asian collection are also available via Interlibrary Loan.

• Audio Material
• Collections, Papers, Diaries

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Asian History:

South Asian History:

Primary Sources:

Audio Materials

• Sounds: The Road to 1947 (Glimpses of South Asia Before 1947, Harappa.com)

Southasian History: Primary Sources

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Asian History:

South Asian History:

Primary Sources:

Collections, Papers, Diaries

• Digital Colonial Documents Project (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University)

• Digital Library of India
  

• Imperial Gazetteer of India (Digital South Asia Library)

• India and Pakistan: On the Nuclear Threshold (National Security Archive, George Washington University)

• Internet Indian History Sourcebook (Paul Halsall, Fordham University)

Southasian History: Primary Sources

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South Asian History:

Statistical Resources

Below are statistical resources for South Asian History. Some of the resources listed at Asian History: Statistical Resources may be useful, too.

• Historical Data (Digital South Asia Library)
  Various statistics, ca. 1840 to 1920 from the Statistical abstract relating to British India. Also provides links to current census pages for Sout East Asian countries.

• India. Central Statistical Organisation. Statistical Abstract, India: New series. 2 vols. Delhi: Central Statistical Organization, Dept. of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, 1997.
  HUNT REF-1 HA1713 .A732

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