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  • Palm-leaf Manuscripts in the Tamil University, India3,079
  • Preserving early print literature on the history of Tamilnadu2,929
  • Preservation and access of rare early Grantha books1,112
  • Manuscripts, Books, Newspapers in southern West Bengal216
  • Medieval Sanskrit Manuscripts scattered in Newar Settlements197
  • Private Collections of Palm-Leaf Manuscripts from the Tamil Country186
  • Sri Lankan Tamil Palm-Leaf Manuscripts183
  • Digital Documentary Resources in Nilgiri and Coimbatore164
  • Pre-Modern Hindu Ritual Manuscripts from Kathmandu Valley154
  • Newar medieval manuscripts144
  • Palm-leaf Manuscripts (lontar) in Private Collections of Bali and Lombok138
  • Endangered Urdu periodicals95
  • Manuscripts Belonging to 16th to 20th Century of Central Kerala84
  • Preserving memory: documentation and digitisation of palm leaf manuscripts from northern Kerala, India74
  • Rare Buddhist Manuscripts in Newar Communities, Nepal62
  • The Photographic Collection from DirghaMan and GaneshMan Chitrakar Art Foundation58
  • Sanskrit and Malayalam Manuscripts from the Thrissur Monastic Complex54
  • Manuscripts, Newspapers and Books in Bardhaman and Nadia Districts, West Bengal40
  • Baul Songs from Bengali Saint-Composers37
  • Documentation of endangered temple art of Tamil Nadu32
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