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Category: Indian Studies

The AyurYog Project: An Interview with Professor Dagmar Wujastyk
Indian Studies, Online Resources, Teaching

The AyurYog Project: An Interview with Professor Dagmar Wujastyk

This is a guest post by Udita Das. The AyurYog Project concerns with the tangled histories of South Asian yoga, … Continue reading The AyurYog Project: An Interview with Professor Dagmar Wujastyk

Interviewing Dr. Naomi Appleton about Jātaka Stories
Buddhist Studies, Digitization, Indian Studies

Interviewing Dr. Naomi Appleton about Jātaka Stories

This is a guest post by Udita Das. Jātaka Stories is a free online repository of jātaka tales. Jātakas are … Continue reading Interviewing Dr. Naomi Appleton about Jātaka Stories

A Beginners’ Guide to Digital Resources in Sanskrit
Buddhist Studies, Digitization, Indian Studies, Online Resources, Software

A Beginners’ Guide to Digital Resources in Sanskrit

This is a guest post written by Udita Das. A few months back a friend of mine told me about … Continue reading A Beginners’ Guide to Digital Resources in Sanskrit

From the Land of Braj: A Photographic Database
Digitization, Indian Studies, Online Resources

From the Land of Braj: A Photographic Database

From the Land of Braj, Centre of Krishna Pilgrimage is an online database developed by SOAS, thanks to funding from … Continue reading From the Land of Braj: A Photographic Database

Legacy cataloguing and TEI: David Pingree and Wellcome Collection
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Indian Studies, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis

Legacy cataloguing and TEI: David Pingree and Wellcome Collection

By Alexandra Eveleigh, Stephanie Cornwell, and Adrian Plau. Wellcome Collection holds one of the world’s most unique manuscript collections. The … Continue reading Legacy cataloguing and TEI: David Pingree and Wellcome Collection

What We Hold and What We Must Pass On: A Review of Digitization of Manuscripts at IGNCA in India
DH in Practice, Digitization, Indian Studies

What We Hold and What We Must Pass On: A Review of Digitization of Manuscripts at IGNCA in India

A post by our guest contributor, Shruti Dixit, a Ph.D. candidate in the Divinity School at the University of St. … Continue reading What We Hold and What We Must Pass On: A Review of Digitization of Manuscripts at IGNCA in India

The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of Eton part (II)
Digitization, Indian Studies, Iranian Studies, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies

The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of Eton part (II)

The Pote collection of Islamic manuscripts was brought to England in 1790 and was divided between King’s College and Eton … Continue reading The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of Eton part (II)

The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of King’s part (I)
Digitization, Indian Studies, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies

The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of King’s part (I)

The Pote collection contains many textually useful manuscripts especially in the field of the history of India; however, although most … Continue reading The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of King’s part (I)

Images of the BUDA: Digital Archives and the Future of Research Using Linked Open Data
Buddhist Studies, DH in General, Digitization, Indian Studies, Online Resources

Images of the BUDA: Digital Archives and the Future of Research Using Linked Open Data

The Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, organizing, and disseminating Buddhist literature based in Boston, … Continue reading Images of the BUDA: Digital Archives and the Future of Research Using Linked Open Data

Fingernail Art (II): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century
Digitization, Indian Studies, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Topics, Visualization

Fingernail Art (II): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century

Part II : Neighbouring Countries and Contemporary artists Abstract Fingernail art is a little known and studied Persian artistic medium, … Continue reading Fingernail Art (II): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century

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