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Private records of some leading business families of early colonial Bengal

Bengal had a rich tradition of commodity production, trade and commerce in the pre-colonial and the early colonial period. The archival records of the families with such leadi…

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Documentation of Endangered Temple Art of Tamil Nadu

This project digitised murals in Tamil Nadu from the Pallava, the Chola, the Nayak and the Maratha periods. Wall and ceiling paintings in six temples and one palace were photo…

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Eap 886

Digitisation of Sanskrit Manuscripts and Books in the State of Jammu and Kashmir

This project digitised two collections of manuscripts and books in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The team carried out work in both the Kashmir Research Institute, Sri…

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Eap 880

Fragments of Sikkim: preserving and presenting the palace archives of a Himalayan Kingdom, 1875-1975

This project preserved, digitised and made available to academic enquiry the hitherto neglected royal archives of the former Himalayan Buddhist kingdom of Sikkim, which merged…

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Conservation, documentation and preservation of the knowledge of siddha medicine

Siddha refers to the traditional medical system of Tamil Nadu, India. Although recognised by the government of India, siddha medicine has not been systemically studied, partly…

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Collection, preservation, documentation & digitisation of ethnic recordings made in India in the acoustic recording process on shellac 78rpm gramophone records

This project catalogued and digitised musical performances on rare 78rpm records from collections in southern India. The main source of the recordings was the Gramophone Museu…

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Santipur and its neighbourhood: text and image production history from early modern Bengal through public and private collections. Major project

Nadia district has a long urban history stemming from the 11th century. Its settlement were places of traditional learning before the advent of European education. The documen…

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Preservation and access for rare early Kannada books

This project preserved rare early Kannada books, that have significance for the understanding of Dravidian culture and for the creation of new knowledge about colonial South A…

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South Asian Film Magazines

Nigar Weekly have documented and preserved part of South Asia's diverse cinematic heritage. This project aims to use these materials to constitute a unique source of historica…

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