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Taken from the manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland. Contains materials approx 1615-1947 papers of key East India Company representatives and colonial officials to records of daily life in Agra, Bombay, Lahore, and Madras.

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The South Asia digital library is drawn from the physical holdings of the library and archives at SOAS, University of London.  It is comprised of publications on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan as well as South Asia as a whole, including Indian Ocean countries and territories.  direct url South Asia (Library)

Language material includes works in Sanskrit and Pali, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu, as well as English and other western languages.

Topical materials include history and culture; politics, gender, caste and human rights; economics, development, and related materials; agriculture, forestry, natural resources, and industry; and law.  Resources on religion touch upon Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrianism, as well as Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.  The digital collection holds a vast and growing collection of image and textual resources in areas of art, artefacts, archaeology, and architecture.  The J.P. Mills and Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf collections provide a photographic evidence of some of the region's peoples during the colonial period.

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Interdisciplinary academic articles

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The South Asian Academic Research Chronicle

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The South Asian Academic Research Chronicle

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Started and run by a group of academicians, The South Asian Academic Research Chronicle is a refereed international interdisciplinary monthly e-journal with the primary objective of showcasing the recent trends in academic research in India and the world outside to a broad-based global readership. The journal publishes both creative and critical writing and offers a wide range of forms—research papers, scholarly articles, thesis, dissertations, and project reports as well as forms of creative writing like poetry, Creative Writing, essays, conversations with writers, book reviews etc. The South Asian Academic Research Chronicle is a peer reviewed journal.

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The South Asian Academic Research Chronicle – International Interdisciplinary Peer Reviewed Journal

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Started and run by a group of academicians, The South Asian Academic Research Chronicle is a refereed international interdisciplinary monthly e-journal with the primary objective of showcasing the recent trends in academic research in India and the world outside to a broad-based global readership. The journal publishes both creative and critical writing and offers a wide range of forms—research papers, scholarly articles, thesis, dissertations, and project reports as well as forms of creative writing like poetry, Creative Writing, essays, conversations with writers, book reviews etc. The South Asian Academic Research Chronicle is a peer reviewed journal.

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Princeton university. comprises pamphlets books fliers covering a range of topics: nationalism, gender health, and social studies

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The South Asian Ephemera Collection complements Princeton's already robust Digital Archive of Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera. The goal of the collection is to provide a diverse selection of resources that span a variety of subjects and languages and support interdisciplinary scholarship in South Asian Studies.

At present, the collection is primarily composed of contemporary ephemera and items from the latter half of the twentieth century, though users will also find items originating from earlier dates. Common genres in the collection include booklets, pamphlets, leaflets, and flyers. These items were produced by a variety of individuals and organizations including political parties, non-governmental organizations, public policy think tanks, activists, and others and were meant to promote their views, positions, agendas, policies, events, and activities.

Every effort is being made to represent each country in the region. As the collection grows over time, PUL will provide increasingly balanced coverage of the area.

View Aurat March 2020, Pakistan larger

Subject Categories Represented:
Agrarian and rural issues Arts and culture Children and youth Economics Education Environment and ecology Gender Health History Human and civil rights Labor Minorities, ethnic and racial groups Politics and government Religion Science and Technology Socioeconomic conditions and development Sociology Tourism Urban issues

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The South Asian Ephemera Collection complements Princeton's already robust Digital Archive of Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera. The goal of the collection is to provide a diverse selection of resources that span a variety of subjects and languages and support interdisciplinary scholarship in South Asian Studies.

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LSE Digital Library South Asian Heritage Collection.

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LSE Digital Library South Asian Heritage Collection.

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Includes some full text https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/list/collections/45

from items held in LSE archives including

All Pakistan Women's Association Newsletter
Annual Meetings of the All-India Muslim League
East Pakistan Year Book
She: Journal For The Home
Mukti: Asian Women's Journal

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Explore our digital collections through curated selections of material according to themes, type or source of material.

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Open Data Pakistan iNational Center for Big Data and Cloud Computing (NCBC), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Higher Education Commission (HEC).

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Open Data Pakistan is brought to you by the National Center for Big Data and Cloud Computing (NCBC), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Higher Education Commission (HEC). It is a collaborative effort to help provide open data to all kinds of users.

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Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India

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Open Government Data Platform (OGD) India is a single-point of access to Resources in an open format published by Ministries/Departments/Organizations of GoI. Get details of Open Data Events, Visualizations, Blogs, and Infographics.

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Statistics from Indian government and industry associations. Topics covered include health, education, industries, tourism, bank and financial institutions, foreign trade, labour and workforce. includes state level data

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Census of India

Website of the census of India, excellent source of statistics

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The District Level Database (DLD) for Indian agriculture and allied sectors provides a comprehensive one-stop shop for data on rural sector

Open access data for 571 districts in 20 states of India on socio-economic, environment, nutrition and health indicators from 1966 to 2015.

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The database is divided into two dataset. Apportioned database with 1966 district boundaries; Unapportioned database with current district boundaries (2015); A database on "Additional Variables" (non-core) is also available that includes season wise crop area and production, break up of fruits and vegetables data by crop, night lights, agricultural credit, godowns and cold storage, etc.

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Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR) is an archive of selected publications in health sciences in the WHO South-East Asia Region. Materials in IMSEAR include formally published health science journals, health reports and documents. Items in IMSEAR are organized under categories, sub-categories and collections reflecting type of materials, countries and journal titles. In addition to metadata of each item, original full text documents or links to original documents are provided whenever available.

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Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR) is an archive of selected publications in health sciences in the WHO South-East Asia Region. Materials in IMSEAR include formally published health science journals, health reports and documents. Items in IMSEAR are organized under categories, sub-categories and collections reflecting type of materials, countries and journal titles. In addition to metadata of each item, original full text documents or links to original documents are provided whenever available.

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Index Medicus for the South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR)

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siteorigin_widget class=WP_Widget_Media_Image][/siteorigin_widget] Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR) is an archive of selected publications in health sciences in the WHO South-East Asia Region. Materials in IMSEAR include formally published health science journals, health reports and documents. Items in IMSEAR are organized under categories, sub-categories and collections reflecting type of materials, countries and journal titles.

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Derived from over 7,300 journals, reports, books and conferences, Global Health contains over 3 million scientific records from 1973 to the present.

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​Sri Lanka Journals Online contains over 100 journals published in Sri Lanka, covering hte full range of academic disciplines.

Publisher

​Managed by the National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka and hosted by Ubiquity Press.

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SLJOL is a database of journals published in Sri Lanka, covering the full range of academic disciplines. The objective of SLJOL is to give greater visibility to the participating journals, and to the research they convey. It is managed by the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka and was developed in collaboration with INASP. It is part of the Ubiquity Press Partner Network.

There are now 140 journals on SLJOL listing 21076 articles and 2434 issues have been loaded.

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SLJOL is a database of journals published in Sri Lanka, covering the full range of academic disciplines. The objective of SLJOL is to give greater visibility to the participating journals, and to the research they convey. It is managed by the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka and was developed in collaboration with INASP.

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. Managed by Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.

Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL) is a service to provide online publication of Bangladeshi journals

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This website is hosted by Ubiquity Press Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with Company Number 06677886.Registered office: Ubiquity Press Ltd, Unit 3N, 6 Osborn Street, London, E1 6TD, United Kingdom.

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Princeton University. The collection consists of three sections. The first is an assorted collection of Left-wing political and civil rights pamphlets and booklets dating from the 1960s to the 1990s. The authors and publishers include former left-wing political parties, trade union movements, and civil rights movements. The second section of the collection includes writings from the Sri Lankan Liberation Theology movement of the late twentieth century, which was inspired by the movement’s contemporaries from across Asia and Latin America. It includes the writings and publications of Rev. Paul Caspersz, Rev. Tissa Balasuriya, Rev. Yohan Devananda, and Rev. Michael Rodrigo, along with materials produced by their respective civil and human rights organizations. The third section is a selection of materials from the library of the Women’s Education and Research Centre (WERC). It includes WERC’s journal Nivēdinī, newsletter Pravahini, and other pamphlets, booklets, and flyers related to women’s resistance movements and women’s rights awareness programs of the late twentieth century.

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Dissidents and Activists in Sri Lanka, 1960s to 1990s

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“Dissidents and Activists in Sri Lanka, 1960s to 1990s” is a collection of ephemera curated by the American Institute for Lankan Studies, hosted by PUL, and federated for discovery by the South Asia Open Archives.

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Quality resource from the national Library of Scotland. Contains full text reports, maps statistical tables  1850 to 1920.

Regional surveys reporting the extent and prevalence of diseases through statistical and descriptive accounts, including detailed maps.

Reports of outbreak of epidemic disease in specific places (for instance, the account of the outbreak of cholera in village Akhoree, North-Western Provinces).

Documents prepared for the education of lower level medical staff regarding diseases and their prevention.

Government Resolutions on specific diseases and public health.

Reports of the workings of the Lock Hospital system following the Indian Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864 and 1868.

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About the collection

The Medical History of British India collection consists of official publications varying from short reports to multi-volume histories related to disease, public health and medical research between circa 1850 to 1920.

Important developments

These publications are historical sources for a period which witnessed the transition from a humoral to a biochemical tradition, which was based on laboratorial science and document the important breakthroughs in bacteriology, parasitology and the developments of vaccines in a colonial context. The collection at the National Library of Scotland includes:

Reports of commissions and committees appointed to investigate diseases and preventive measures undertaken by the state.

Regulations for colonial officials outlining measures to prevent the spread of specific diseases.

Scientific accounts of laboratorial research investigating the nature of a disease and its mode of transmission to human beings (these also contain accounts of pioneering research on 'tropical diseases' like Leishmaniasis or kala azar).

Regional surveys reporting the extent and prevalence of diseases through statistical and descriptive accounts, including detailed maps.

Reports of outbreak of epidemic disease in specific places (for instance, the account of the outbreak of cholera in village Akhoree, North-Western Provinces).

Documents prepared for the education of lower level medical staff regarding diseases and their prevention.

Government Resolutions on specific diseases and public health.

Reports of the workings of the Lock Hospital system following the Indian Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864 and 1868.

Regional reports on the medical and sanitary conditions of army personnel.

Annual reports from medical schools and research institutions.

Regional histories of disease

These documents form invaluable source material for the reconstruction of the history of disease and medicine in British India. Although a large section of it has an all-India scope, the collection is especially rich in documents related to Bombay and the Punjab. The Bombay plague of 1896-1899, one of the severest outbreaks, is particularly well covered.

Many of the documents focus on epidemics in specific presidencies with vivid detail that makes them treasure-trove of regional histories of disease - the narrative discusses the affect of diseases on the social fabric of small villages and towns in detail and the account is illustrated with detailed topographical maps. The extensive statistics accompanying these documents provide important data that would be valuable for regional histories.

Advances in treatment

These historical sources reveal the development of surveillance systems and the official response to epidemic emergencies within a colonial context, providing vital insights into the role of government and the operation of colonial power. Many of the breakthroughs and advances in the treatment and prevention of communicable diseases are represented in the collection, and a number of the titles are either about or by prominent figures in the field (for example, Sir Ronald Ross and W M Haffkine, S R Christophers).

They should therefore be of great interest to medical, social, military and colonial historians, historians of South Asia and also genealogists. This material traces the epidemiology and etiology of communicable diseases that cause a high mortality in the Third World even today. Epidemiologists, medical practitioners and researchers in this field should find them valuable.

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The Medical History of British India collection consists of official publications varying from short reports to multi-volume histories related to disease, public health and medical research between circa 1850 to 1920.

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Open access collection sponsored by the Center for Research Libraries.
Current titles in the South Asian Newspapers collection include:

Daily Business Post, Pakistan, English, 1963-1973

Dainika basumatī (দৈনিক বসুতী), India, Bengali, 1962-1992

Dnyānaprakāśa (ज्ञानप्रकाश : the daily Dnyan Prakash), India, Marathi and English, 1914-1938

Eastern Examiner, Bangladesh, English, 1962-1973

Kerala chronicle, India, English, 1962-1963

Lahore Chronicle, Pakistan, English, 1850-1953

Malabar Herald, India, English 1962-1972

Pakistan Observer, Bangladesh, English, 1962-1971

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South Asia is home to approximately a quarter of the world's population as well as the world's largest populations of Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. The region is marked by hundreds of years of colonial rule, with the British as the dominant force from the mid-18th century on. British rule would cast a pall far beyond the end of the colonial era, with Britain's partitioning of the subcontinent along sectarian lines into the Republic of India and Pakistan (East and West). The new boundaries sparked mass displacement and decades of conflict, in some cases leading to the birth of new nations, such as the secession of East Pakistan (modern day Bangladesh), while others stoked disputes that still smolder on today, such as the Kashmir conflict.

The South Asian Newspapers collection chronicles these conflicts as well as contemporary perspectives on independence movements, early statehood, and the extensive economic and social growth taking place in the region during this time. The collection covers several countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan), India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, and features multiple languages such as Bengali, Dari, English, Nepali, and more. With reportage dating as far back as the 1850s, the South Asian Newspapers collection provides a wealth of coverage and perspectives on major regional and global events of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Open access to the South Asian Newspapers collection is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Center for Research Libraries and its member institutions.

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South Asian Newspapers (Open Access) - East View

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South Asia is home to approximately a quarter of the world's population as well as the world's largest populations of Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. The region is marked by hundreds of years of colonial rule, with the British as the dominant force from the mid-18th century on.

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Award winning independent journalism from India. Access the archive from 2010 onwards.

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Statistics from Indian government and industry associations. Topics covered include health, education, industries, tourism, bank and financial institutions, foreign trade, labour and workforce. includes state level data

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Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980

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Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980

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Events covered include independence and partition, independence of Bangladesh and the development of nuclear weapons in the region.

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Women and social movements in modern empires since 1820.

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Women and social movements in modern empires since 1820.

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Access full text primary resources. Covers United States Empire: American Missionaries in India, 1910–1953

“Report of Nipani Station for 1943 for the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions” (Report, Nipani, India, 1943), Foreign Missionary Vertical Files, “Melanie Updegraff,” Presbyterian Historical Society, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (Philadelphia, PA).

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Includes History of India and Economic History of India

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Library of Congress South Asia Digital Collections

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Library of Congress South Asia Digital Collections

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BROWSE – Digitized South Asian manuscripts and rare books from this great Library

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The African and Middle Eastern Division's Persian Language Rare Materials digital collection contains more than 300 manuscripts and lithographs. This collection contains many items originating from India, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the regions under Ottoman rule, in addition to the native Persian speaking lands of Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. Items in this digital collection comprise many disciplines, but historical and literary works are dominant. A number of these items are exquisitely illuminated anthologies of poetry by classic and lesser known poets, written in fine calligraphic styles, and illustrated with miniatures. Included in this collection are many Persian manuscripts created in India during the late Mughal and early British colonial periods. There are also many lithographs published in Lucknow, Kanpur, and Mumbai (Bombay), among other South Asian locales. Researchers with questions about Persian materials from South Asia are encouraged to contact the African & Middle Eastern Division through Ask a Librarian. Below are some relevant highlights from the Library's Persian Language Rare Materials digital collection.

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Research Guides: South Asian Collection: Asian Collections at the Library of Congress: Digital Collections

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The Library's South Asian collection comprises thousands of titles in over 100 languages. This guide provides an overview of these materials, search strategies, and how to access digital collections, e-resources, and web archives.

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The Digital South Asia Library is a program of the University of Chicago and the Center for Research Libraries free access to dozens of Asian language dictionaries for coverage see https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/dictionaries.html

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The Digital Dictionaries of South Asia Project is a collaborative effort to widen access to South Asian Language Dictionaries. Established dictionaries for each of the twenty-six modern literary languages of South Asia will be mounted on the web for free and open access.

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Magnificent resource for finding free high high quality material. Maintained by the University of Chicago and the Center for Research Libraries. Has sections for maps journals, historic books and academic finding aids

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bangladesh; bhutan; india; maldives islands; nepal; pakistan; sri lanka; south asia; official publications; photographs; periodical indexes; dictionaries; pedagogical tools; books; journals; gis; geographic information systems; maps; images; statistical information; statistics

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The Digital South Asia Library provides dictionaries, gazetteers, photographs, prints, drawings, maps, statistics, bibliographies, indexes, books, and journals for reference and research concerning South Asia.

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South Asia Open Archives Project
Great open access digitisation of. books, official publications and journals many from Colonial Era . Supported by JSTOR and Center for Reserch libraries

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JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

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website which has emerged from the Arts and Humanities Research Council–funded research project ‘Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1830s to the Present’ (AH/X001520/1).  It is coordinated by the University of Bristol and Queen Mary University of London, in partnership with the British Library.

It aims to record events, networks and organisations with a strong focus on oral histories. It includes entries and biographies of over 450 individuals and 180 key organizations. Themes include colonialism and empire, family, education and work.

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Empire Online is a collection of original documents relating to Empire Studies, sourced from libraries and archives around the world. They include primary source documents, diaries, travel logs, government papers, maps, memoirs and photographs. The 5 key themes covered are : cultural contacts; literature, the visual Empire; exhibitions; religion; race, class, colonialism and imperialism.

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The portal has been set up by the Specialised Information Service Asia (Fachinformationsdienst Asien) at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Includes Library catalogues and open access repositories including Asian language materials, Some full text is for subscribers only.