Site on Mahatma Gandhi, his life, work & philosophy, maintained by non-profit Gandhian organisations in India; contents: his works & writings, photos, biography, video clips, quotations, articles on & by Gandhiji, non-violence, his associates
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2 Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Service
Wing of GandhiServe Foundation; executes academic and non-academic research projects on Gandhiji, & offers design & production services for films,TV programmes, CD-ROMs, AV shows, exhibitions, web sites & publications on Gandhiji
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3 Historical Atlas of South Asia
Website of the digital version of Schwartzberg's historical atlas of South Asia, 1992; contains sections on map and photographic plates, text etc; published by Digital South Asia Library at the University of Chicago
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4 The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Searchable online reproduction of the Imperial Gazetteer of India (edition of 1909) in 24 volumes (Vol 1: The Indian Empire, Descriptive to Vol 24: Travancore-Zira); part of the Digital South Asia Library Project, Chicago
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5 Digital Colonial Documents (India)
Web site that makes available rare colonial documents online; joint project of La Trobe University, Curtin University, The University of New England & the University of Sydney; contains census reports (1871, 1881, 1891, 1901), Murray's Guide etc
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Web site that provides instant online access to the ancient Sanskrit manuscript of Shikshapatri held in Oxford's Bodleian Library; the manuscript was written by Shri Swaminarayan, and outlines the moral & spiritual codes for everyday life
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Site aiming to give archaeological information on the Indus Valley civilisation, and information on the period of British rule in India through photographs, films, lithographs, engravings, postcards etc
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Wikipedia entry on the history of India; sections: the stone age, the bronze age, the 16 mahajanapadas, Persian & Greek invasion, the Magadha empire, the Islamic sultanates, the Mughals, colonial era, Reuplic of India etc
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9 Languages and Scripts of India
Website with info & links on languages including Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu etc and scripts including Brahmi, Tamil, Kharosthi etc; also has links to ancient manuscripts
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10 National Electronic Register of Jain Manuscripts
A catalogue of Jain manuscripts prepared by the National Archives of India (NAI); integrates information pertaining to different aspects of manuscriptology such as title, author, custodial institution, material, script, language, etc
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