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Title : Manuscripts collection
Level : collection / Reference : ASB
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Notice types :
- Manuscripts
Organization :
Mumbai - Asiatic Society of Bombay (The) (Mumbai - India) (Mumbai, INDIA)
Language :
English
Material Lang 1 :
Multiple languages
Date :
- XIVe-XXe century
Scope content :
The Society’s holdings include over 3,000 manuscripts in Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Prakrit from all over India and Nepal. They are mostly on paper, but some are on palm leaf. They include technical literature on linguistics, medicine, astronomy, Jaina and other brahmanical literature in Sanskrit, an appendix on Buddhist manuscripts, Jaina literature and manuscripts in Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi. Apart from the variety of topics covered, some of the manuscripts are distinguished for their fine calligraphy and paintings. The latest addition to the manuscript collection is the entire work of Pu La Deshpande donated by him.
Geognames :
- Mumbai [other] (Bombay (Mumbai)])
Subject :
- 090a Manuscripts
- 411- 02 arabic
- 411- 12 bengali script
- 411- 14 brahmi
- 411- 161 singhalais script
- 411- 22 devanagari script
- 411- 29 gujarati script
- 411- 30 gumurkhi script
- 411- 38 kannada script
- 411- 56 nagari nepalese script
- 411- 60 urdu script
- 411- 63 persian script
- 411- 79 tamil script
- 411- 80 telugu script
- 411- 83 tibetan script
- 411- 86 udiya script
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Date created :
08/03/2009 09:29:34
Last update :
08/04/2009 18:16:24
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