South Asian Studies

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Afghanistan

Adamec, Ludwig W.

Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan  (Lanham, Md, 2003)
Electronic access:  http://www.netlibrary.com/. In addition to the main body of the dictionary, includes a chronology, introductory material, and an extensive bibliography.

Bangladesh

Baxter, Craig and Syedur Rahman.

Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh (Lanham, MD, 2003)
In addition to the main body of the dictionary, includes a chronology, introductory material, and an extensive bibliography.

India

Bhattacharya, Sachchidananda.

Dictionary of Indian History (Calcutta, 1967)
Dictionary comprising 2785 entries, concerning persons, places, institutions, literary and historical works, covering ancient, medieval, and modern periods of Indian history. Includes chronology of important dates, both for India and the world at large, and appendix with list of abbreviations.

 

Case, Margaret H.

South Asian History, 1750-1950: A Guide to Periodicals, Dissertations and Newspapers (Princeton, 1968)
Includes author and subject indexes.

 

Chekki, Danesh A., ed.

The Social System and Culture of Modern India (New York, 1975)
Contains 5487 entries, dealing with the years 1947 to 1975. No index.

 

Khan, Shafa’at Ahmad, Sir.

Sources for the History of British India in the Seventeenth Century. (London, 1975)
An annotated guide to documents at various locations in the UK, with extracts and synopses of noteworthy material.  Includes index.  Although this work would be of primary significance to those doing research in the UK, a number of these materials may be held on microform by American libraries - the WorldCat database may be consulted in this regard.

 

Mansingh, Surjit.

Historical Dictionary of India (Lanham, Md., 2006)
Electronic access:  http://www.netlibrary.com In addition to the main body of the dictionary, includes a chronology, introductory material, and an extensive bibliography.

 

Riddick, John F.

Glimpses of India: An Annotated Bibliography of Published Personal Writings by Englishmen, 1583-1947 (New York, 1989).

 

Sabharwal, Gopa.

The Indian Millennium, AD 1000-2000  (New Delhi & New York, c2000) 
A chronology, with subject index.

Nepal

Shrestha, Nanda R. and Keshvan Bhattarai.  Historical Dictionary of Nepal (Lanham, MD, 2003)

Pakistan

Burki, Shahid Javed.

Historical Dictionary of Pakistan (Lanham, Md, 2006)
Electronic access  http://www.netlibrary.com/ 
In addition to the main body of the dictionary, includes a chronology, introductory material, and an extensive bibliography.

Sri Lanka

Samarasinghe, S. W. R. de A.  Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka (Lanham, Md, 1998)