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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. EAP921/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/1/1
Title:
Printed Books from the Library of Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha
Scope & Content:
Collection of printed books from the library of Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha. 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 it...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:
1912-1977
Extent:
6819 TIFF images

3. EAP921/1/1/25

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/1/1/25
Title:
বুদ্ধ বাণী
Scope & Content:
It is a translation into Bengali from 'Gospel of Buddha' by Paul Carus. A short biographical sketch of Gautam Buddha, his journey towards searching of infinite truth, his teachings towards his disciples, Buddhist moral tales and other relevant topics have been accumulated in this book. Custodia...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1948
Extent:
205 TIFF images

4. EAP921/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/2
Title:
The Library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library, Birsingha, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Established in the year of 1961 this library is a memorial house of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, a well known educationist and social reformer of British India. Birsingha is the birthplace of Vidyasagar. Many books are found which Vidyasagar used to read and gave a foot note on t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
0495-1989
Extent:
4455 TIFF images

5. EAP921/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/2/1
Title:
Printed Books from the Library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library
Scope & Content:
Collection of printed books from the library of Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall Rural Library, Birsingha, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur. Custodial history: Established in the year of 1961 this library is a memorial house of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, a well known educationist and social reformer ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1854-c 1910
Extent:
2940 TIFF images

6. EAP921/2/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/2/1/12
Title:
मेघदुतं
Scope & Content:
Meghaduta,(Sanskrit:"Cloud Messenger") lyric love poem in some 115 verses composed by Kalidasa.The Meghduta is the lament of an exiled yaksha who is pining for his beloved on a lonely mountain peak.When,at the beginning of a monsoon,a cloud perches on the peak,he ask it to deliver a message to h...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
1850
Extent:
85 TIFF images

7. 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

8. EAP921/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4/1
Title:
Books from the Library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar
Scope & Content:
Collection of books from the library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar, Library Road, Paschim Medinipur. 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 In...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, Persian, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
1849-1940
Extent:
9147 TIFF images

9. EAP921/4/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4/1/6
Title:
জাতিভেদ
Scope & Content:
A well described book on social stratification depends on caste distinction. The writer showed very cleary how this caste distinction has arrived in ancient times and how it has merged in our daily life. He started his experimental journey with special refference of Arya and later on chapterwise...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
335 TIFF images

10. 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