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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Place Vārānasi, India Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. 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

2. EAP921/4/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4/1/16
Title:
কাশী
Scope & Content:
A short account on Kashi or Benares [Vārānasi] as a sacred place. From history to geographical description, every part is well written or more specific well discussed. The writer tried to impose a contrast view to explore this holy religious city of India. Custodial history: With the immense ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
47 TIFF images

3. EAP921/4/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4/1/20
Title:
কাশী
Scope & Content:
Kashikhanda', published and translated in Bengali, actually a part of Skandapurana [Skandapurāṇa]. The various chapters were tried to establish the greatness and excellenceies of Kashi or Beneres as the most sacred Pilgrimage to Hindu community. Custodial history: With the immense contributio...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
161 TIFF images

4. EAP921/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/5
Title:
The private collection of Dr. Shyamal Bera at his residence in Andul, Howrah
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects, Pat (Scroll paintings), folk songs and folk dramas etc of Bengal. By profession he is a school teacher(retired). He is founder secretory of K...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1000 BC-20th century
Extent:
21591 TIFF images

5. EAP921/5/2/149

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/5/2/149
Title:
{একাধিক শিরোনাম- গয়া পদ্ধতি, বেনারস পদ্ধতি}
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a compilation of a number of paddhati texts and appears to have been used as a manual for sraddha rituals. It is a palm leaf manuscript.; Complete/ Incomplete: Incomplete; Place of composition: Not Known; Date of copying: Not Known. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1758
Extent:
135 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. EAP921/6/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/6/1/12
Title:
নীতি-রত্নমালা
Scope & Content:
Religious teachings of Srikrishnananda Svami, a Hindu saint and founder of Hindu Yogasrama of Benares. It contains the idea of ethics mentioned in Hinduism according to Srikrishnananda. The book, once used as a textbook for the schools (in Bengal, Bihar and United Provinces of British India [Utt...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
185 TIFF images

8. EAP921/6/3/121

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/6/3/121
Title:
ব্রহ্মবৈবর্ত পুরাণের কাশীমাহাত্ম্য
Scope & Content:
The 5th sectiois text is a purāṇic text that eulogizes Kashi. It is a part of the Brahmavaivartapurāṇa. Folios after the 16th one are missing. Another folio paginated as 27 occurs after the 16th folio; Complete / Incomplete: Incomplete MS. No colohon found; Date of copying: Not found. Custodial...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
10th century
Extent:
35 TIFF images

9. EAP921/6/3/159

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/6/3/159
Title:
বাংলা অনুবাদ সহ শিবশতক, দেবীস্তোত্র, কাশীশতক এবং তারাস্তোত্র
Scope & Content:
Bāṇeśvara was from Guptipāṛā (Guptipallī) and became sequentially the court-poet of Krishna Chandra of Nabadwip, Chitrasen of Burdwan [Bardhaman], Nawab Alivardi Khan and Naba Krishna Deb of Shobhabazar. The manuscript is a modern notebook. The scribe wrote on one side of the pages. The first te...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
116 TIFF images