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Language Bengali Subject Languages and Grammar Level [32] Fonds

1. EAP921/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/1
Title:
The Library of Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: The Bauddha Dharmankure Sabha (Bengal Buddhist Association) was founded in the year 1892 by the Most Ven’ble Kripasaran Mahasthavir to work for the revival and regeneration of Buddhism in the land of its birth. This association has an eronmous collection of some rare and preci...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:
1908-1977
Extent:
16933 TIFF images

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. EAP1031/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1031/1
Title:
Akshyay Granthagar Library's Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection deals with Sanskrit grammar, Smriti, cantos of the Mahabharata, dramas, the Puranas, Tantric liturgies and rituals, Gaudiya Vaishnava hagiography, theology and rituals, Shaivite liturgies and rituals, Ayurveda medicine, lexicons, aesthetics, and poetry. Taken together, 294 Sanskr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1316-1845
Extent:
20156 tiff images

6. EAP1031/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1031/4
Title:
Dr Rajarshi Ghose Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection belongs to Dr. Rajarshi Ghose (Kolkata, India). It is a private collection with rare books, chapbooks, pamphlets, and periodicals in Urdu, Nepali, Bangla, Sanskrit, Farsi, Hindi, Rajasthani and Bhojpuri. Dr. Rajarshi Ghose is an Assistant Professor in History at the Centre for St...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, Bhojpuri, English, Hindi, Nepali, Persian, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
1800-1999
Extent:
42852 tiff images

7. EAP1104/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/2
Title:
Private Collection from the Deb Family, Sobhabazar
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Raja Nabakrishna Deb, the founder of the Shobhabazar family, was closely associated with the administration of Clive and Verelst. His father Ramcharan Deb used to work as an official under the then Bengal ruler, Murshidkuli Khan. He was appointed as a collector and a salt agen...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
28 Apr 1778-30 Jun 1942
Extent:
230 TIFF images

8. 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

9. EAP1300/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1300/5
Title:
Private collection of Purna Chandra Soren
Scope & Content:
Ten publications: লিটা (Lita), Baha Dạl̃aḱ, অল দহ অনড় হেঁ (Ol Daha Onarhe), দাসায় শহরায় কারামরে ঠাকরাণাং সাগুন (Dasai Sohari Karam Re Thakranag Sagun), সারি ধরম সেরেঞ পুঁথি (Sari Dharam Sereng Puthi), পিয়ো (Piyo), সারি ধরম সেরেঞ পুঁথি (Sari Dharam Sarila), ভোটোঃ উপাল বাহা Bhotog (Upal Baha), ব...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Santali
Date Range:
1940-1984
Extent:
488