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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/1
Title:: Gyankar Vajracharya Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection of manuscripts belongs to Mr. Gyankar Vajracharya who lives in Bhaktapur. He is a traditional Newari painter by profession. He is very much aware on significance of tangible heritages such as manuscripts. His entire collection is developed by himself. This collection has Buddhist...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 15th century-20th century
Extent:: 6825 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/20
Title:: Vikram Subedi Collection
Scope & Content:: The present owner inherited this manuscript from his father. This manuscript is a Samhita derived from the Yajurveda. Every manuscripts may have their own stories of creation, use and survival. This manuscript has survived near end at a paper recycling plant. In the mound of paper rubbles collec...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali, Newari, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 204 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1
Title:: Sikkim Palace Archives
Scope & Content:: While it is an archive that represents elite perspectives, the Sikkim Palace Archives, is also the first collection of local origin to be made freely and universally accessible for international scholarship, presenting a perspective of events and characters as experienced from within looking out...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Dzongkha, English, French, Hindi, Lepcha, Malayalam, Nepali, Tibetan, and Urdu
Date Range:: 1807-1998
Extent:: 89249 TIFF images

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

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