Collection Highlights
The Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar bust is located in Lehman Social Sciences Library, on the 3rd floor of 420 West 118th Street (the School of International and Public Affairs building), New York, NY 10027. The bronze bust, sculpted by Vinay Brahmesh Wagh of Bombay, was presented by The Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organizations UK to the Southern Asian Institute of Columbia University on October 24, 1995. Visitors are welcome any time that Lehman Library is open. Non-Columbia affiliates interested in visiting the Dr. Ambedkar bust are encouraged to contact the South Asian Studies Librarian in advance to arrange access to Lehman Library.
We are unable to welcome unauthorized visitors to International Affairs Building and Lehman Library at this time.
The University announced in June that visitors will be welcomed back on campus this fall. However due to the evolving health situation in the NYC area the exact details of this visitor policy have not been decided. The Libraries are working with the University on a visitor policy with a goal of maintaining the safety of the Columbia community. Details will be forthcoming; check the Library Status Updates page for the latest information: https://library.columbia.edu/about/news/alert.html.
- Caste, Ambedkar, & Contemporary India: an exhibit
- Columbia University Ambedkar Initiative Podcast
- Columbia University Ambedkar Initiative Podcast Transcript
- Indian Princely State Legal Documents Collection
- Masterpieces of Indian Art & Architecture
- Microform Collection
- sarai : South Asia Resource Access on the Internet [archived link]
- South Asia Open Archives (SAOA)
Recommended E-Resources
- Afghanistan and the U.S., 1945-1963: records of the U.S. State Department Central classified files
- Afghanistan in 1919: the Third Anglo-Afghan War
- ARTstor
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- Cambridge Histories Online
- Center for Research Libraries -- Topic Guide -- South Asian Studies
- Centre of South Asian Studies: Film Archive (University of Cambridge)
- Census Digital Library (Government of India)
- Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire
- Digital Himalaya
- Digital MPP
- Digital South Asia Library
- EIU.com -- Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports
- Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports Archive
- East India Company
- Eighteenth century journals: a portal to newspapers and periodicals, c1685-1835
- Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS)
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily reports
- Foreign Office files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Section I, Independence, partition and the Nehru era, 1947-1964. Section II, South Asian conflicts and independence for Bangladesh, 1965-71. Section III, Afghanistan and the Cold War, emergency rule in India, and the resumption of civilian rule in Pakistan, 1972-80.
- G.T. Sontheimer's images from India 1950- 1992 (Login as a Guest (Gast), and then search the Cluster's image database via HeidiCon)
- Harappa: Glimpses of South Asia Before 1947
- The Hindu conspiracy cases: activities of the Indian Independence Movement in the U.S., 1908-1933
- India from crown rule to republic, 1945-1949: records of the U.S. State Department
- India, Raj & Empire
- The Indian Army and colonial warfare on the frontiers of India, 1914-1920
- The Indian papers of Colonel Clive and Brigadier-General Carnac, 1752-1774
- Indian papers of the 4th Earl of Minto
- Indochina, France, and the Viet Minh War, 1945-1954: records of the U.S. State Department. Part 1, 1945-1949
- Indo-European etymological dictionaries online
- Legal Information Institute of India (LIIofIndia)
- LLMC Digital Law Library (browse/search by International Law & Organizations facets)
- Manupatra [access restricted to Columbia Law School, full-text law documents from India]
- The Meerut conspiracy trial, 1929-1933
- National Digital Library of India
- NewsBank
- Oxford Bibliographies Online (Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islamic Studies)
- Panjab Digital Library
- Savifa
- Shodhganga (reservoir of Indian theses)
- Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- South & Southeast Asian Literature
- South Asia Open Archives (SAOA)
- Tasveer Ghar: A House of Pictures
- Times of India (1838-2002)
- World Almanac of Islamism (American Foreign Policy Council)
- World Newspaper Archive
South & Southeast Asian Studies Research Guides
For more detailed research links on topics of South and Southeast Asian Studies, see the following guides:
Bangladesh country guide
Bhutan country guide
Dissertations & Theses (South & Southeast Asia including Australia, New Zealand)
India country guide
Indian Music guide
Indian Rebellion of 1857 guide
Journalism in South Asia guide
The Maldives country guide
Nepal country guide
Pakistan country guide
South Asian Epics guide
Southeast Asia guide (see individual tabs for specific countries)
Sri Lanka country guide