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South Asian Studies: Other religions

A summary of Yale University Library's South Asia Collection, which includes material from and about Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Himalayan region, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Databases

Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS)
JSTOR
ATLA Religion
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
DissertationReviews.org
Also has reviews of archives abroad.

Specialized reference sources

Oxford Bibliographies Online
Includes short summaries of common topics, plus lists of the best scholarly works on these subjects.

Instead of Wikipedia, try these databases:

Special Collections

Missions and World Christianity (Yale Divinity)
Arnold More Knight papers (MS 1386)
Includes a Sikh "scripture" in Panjabi (1846): "This Book was dropped by a Sikh Chief when flying towards the Sutlej after the Battle of Aliwal and picked up immediately after by Arnold More Knight."
Ketubah : Bombay, India, 1911, August 14 (Beinecke)
Jewish marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 20th of Menahem 5671 (1911) at Bombay.
Ketubah : Bombay, India, 1915, September 14 (Beinecke)
Jewish marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 6th of Tishre 5676 at Bombay (1915).

Librarian for South Asian Studies

Brandon J. Miliate, PhD

Contact:

214 Sterling Memorial Library

Last Updated: Jul 30, 2020 8:19 AM
URL: https://guides.library.yale.edu/SouthAsia
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Subjects: South Asian Studies

Tags: asian studies, commonwealth, CONSALD, himalaya, india, international studies, primary sources, south_asia