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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Place Mughal Empire, Asia Digitised Content Platform Endangered Archives Programme

1. EAP886/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP886/1
Title:
रघुनाथ मन्दिर पुस्तकालय, जम्मू
Scope & Content:
Paper Manuscripts collected under the auspices of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. Arrangement: First catalogued by the famous Colonial Indologist and Sanskritphile Sir Auriel Stein. The Original Collection that Stein got to examine was furthur expanded over the years. After Stein's First Cat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Hindi and Sanskrit
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:
15543 TIFF images

2. EAP886/1/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP886/1/22
Title:
वीररत्न शेखर शिखा पद-संकेत-विवरण टीका सहिता
Scope & Content:
A Sanskrit Translation of the Mughal Courtier Mulla Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ Kāšifī's Persian Book Akhlaq-e-Mohsini ( Noble Behaviour ). The Translation was prepared by Pandit Sahibram father of the famous Pandit Damodar under the orders of His Highness Maharaja Ranbir Singh. Notable rarity of Persian to Sa...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
535 TIFF images

3. EAP921/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4
Title:
The Library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar, Library Road, Paschim Medinipur
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: With the immense contributions of Henry Vincent Bayley, Raj Narayan Basu and other erudite persons this library was established in 1851 as very first public library of India(as the executive committee of library has claimed for a long times) in Midnapur district of Bengal. Aft...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, Persian, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
12th century-20th century
Extent:
12036 TIFF images

4. EAP921/4/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4/1/5
Title:
History of Sube Bengal
Scope & Content:
A short history of Sube Bengal, a subdivision created by Mughal empire, it was consisted with the lands of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa [Odisha]. It is depicted a consecutive history of Bengal that how Bengal was transformed from a Mughal state to British Province. It is a text book for general stud...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Hindi
Date Range:
1882
Extent:
147 TIFF images

5. EAP921/4/2/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4/2/16
Title:
گلستان
Scope & Content:
Also notes that the date of completion fell in the 3rd regnal year of Ahmad Shah, the Mughal emperor. Custodial history: With the immense contributions of Henry Vincent Bayley, Raj Narayan Basu and other erudite persons this library was established in 1851 as very first public library of India(...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1750
Extent:
307 TIFF images

6. EAP921/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/6
Title:
The Collection from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts and some rare books in different languages. Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1500 BC-20th century
Extent:
18276 TIFF images

7. EAP921/6/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/6/1/8
Title:
চাঁদরাণী
Scope & Content:
A novel based on the late Mughal and early British colonial time. Written by Bipinamohana Sena, well known novelist in late nineteenth century. This novel also deal with the ideas of Hindu nationalism and old Hindu customs. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
375 TIFF images

8. EAP921/6/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/6/1/20
Title:
श्रीश्यामाकल्पलतिका
Scope & Content:
Sanskrit verses on goddess Kali. Written by Mathuresh Vidyalankara (1642). Apart from devotional notes the verses also depicted the socio-economic conditions of Bengal in the late Mughal period. Bengali translation of the entire verse is added in the appendix of the book. Custodial history: One...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
103 TIFF images

9. EAP1104/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/11
Title:
Private Collection of Royal family of Cussimbazar (Roy)
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Around 1700 AD Ajodhya Ram Roy of Pirojpur village near Bhagabangola and the river Padma (who traced his descent from Patrasayer of Burdwan District) came with his family to settle down in Cossimbazar, a renowned port city of Bengal closed to Murshidabad, the capital of the Na...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 19th century-1st half of the 20th century
Extent:
2818 TIFF images