Surf these sites: A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary (CPD) -- At present the Lexicon of Iranian Languages contains Professor MacKenzie''s Pahlavi-English Dictionary with approx. 4200 entries. Architecture and Sculpture of India -- This is an index of Varanasi collection of the Asian Institute of Indian Studies, organized by each State and pilgrimage center. Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon -- At present the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon contains Monier-Williams'' ''Sanskrit-English Dictionary'' with approx. 160.000 main entries. The transliteration is based on the Harvard-Kyoto (HK) convention. Dictionary: Indian Lexicon (All ancient Indian Languages) -- This is a comprehensive lexicon which integrates etyma from Indo-Aryan, Dravidian and Munda languages with over 1,000,000 entries. The transliteration scheme is simple by affixing the standard diacritical marks after the vowel or consonant, such as: a_, r., r.., n., t., l. a~, a~_ The lexicon establishes the possibility of an Indian Linguistic Area ca. 3300 B.C. (the date of the Sarasvati Sindhu Civilization). The lexicon is organized in three sequences: alphabetical (language), alphabetical (English meanings), semantic clusters (8000 meaning groups/categories). Dictionary: Tamil-English (Online Tamil Lexikon) -- Try searching for English words first, e.g. ,"planet", "bull", "king", and you will discover Tamil word families!Practical hints on typing transliterated Tamil: Type Tamil text as though standard diacritical marks had been dropped (i.e., no vowel length indication or retroflex consonants, etc.) Except: alveolar n which is n2 (the second n) and jn which stands for palatal n.(WAIS search is not case sensitive!) OTL consists at the present time of more than 130,000 entries, among them all the main entries in the Madras Tamil Lexicon (TL) and Supplement (TLS), and their English meanings. It can be searched for Tamil as well as English words. The lexicon will be permanently and frequently updated and enlarged, particularly with words and meanings from Tamil literary works.Transliteration of the OTL: Vowels: a A i I u U e E ai o O au Consonants: H k g c jn T N t n p m y r l v z L R n2 Grantha: j [C (SRI)] S s h kS Discover Ancient India Gallery -- Indian Archaeology, Pre-history and Ancien Indian Culture. Electronic Texts in Bengali -- The page has a few links to poems of Rabindranath Tagore in Bengali script. Electronic Texts in Sanskrit -- The page lists links to electronic texts related to Indian Literature. Electronic Texts in Tamil -- A site devoted to the promotion of Tamil language and culture; originals of literary, classical texts in Tamil with translations. Electronic Texts in Urdu -- The page has links to Urdu Internet Afsana, Indian Literature in Urdu (authors: Ghalib, Khusro), Pakistani Literature (authors: Faix, Saghar). Geography of Hinduism -- Includes statistical table of Hindus world-wide. Global atlas of palaeovegetation -- Global atlas of palaeovegetation since the last glacial maximum indicates a moister level ca. 5000 years ago. Great Indian Desert (Thaar or Marusthalii) -- A picture gallery of life in the Great Indian Desert. Great People of India: What makes Bha_rat great -- A comprehensive link to all great people of India, all great rivers of India, all great mountains of India, all pilgrimage centers of India, Hindu philosophy, civilization and heritage-- in short, a summary of what makes Bha_rat maha_n. Harappa: The Indus Valley and the British Raj -- Glimpses of South Asia before 1947 and the story of the ancient Indus Valley. Old photographs, rare film footage and long unseen media from before independence in India and Pakistan. Hindu Philosophy -- A comprehensive link to all aspects of Hindu philosophy: darshanas, dvaita, advaia, visishtaadvaita; great Hindu philosophers, rishis, maharishis and thinkers. Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh -- A non-profit Organization in USA devoted to promoting Hindu culture in U.S. The site contains information about pilgrimage centers,great Indians and Hindu philosophy and dharma. Hindu concept of Time and Kaliyuga -- A comprehensive review of the Hindu concept of time and the measurement of time--kaala gan.ana_; 1999 AD is year 5101 or 52nd century of Kaliyuga, measured from the days of the Maha_bha_rata war, an anchor in ancient Hindu history. Hindu culture -- A comprehensive website with links to Hindu culture, religion, temples and pilgrimages. History of Mathematics in India -- An outline based on the following sources: C. N. Srinivasiengar, The History of Ancient Indian Mathematics, World Press Private Ltd., Calcutta, 1967; Sarasvati. Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India, Indological Publ., Delhi, 1979; George Gheverghese Joseph, The Crest of the Peacock. Penguin Books, 1991. Images of temples in India -- South Asia Art Archive of UPenn, Philadelphia; includes thumbnail images of Gupta, Hindu: North and Hindu: Deccan temples. Indian Art and Architecture -- The site on Indian Art and Architecture, created by her friends, is dedicated to the memory of late Dr. Lavanya Kondepudi. Indian Nursery Rhymes, Songs, Prayers and Stories -- Indian nursery rhymes, prayers, poems, stories and bhajans in hindi, gujarati, marathi, malayalam and other regional Indian languages. Indian Stories: Comic Books from Amar Chitra Katha -- Amar Chitra Katha comic books are now available on line; the titles include indian mythological stories, great heroes of Bharat. Indology -- Academic site at University College London, with a large and up to date collection of links. Institute of Indology and Tamil Studies -- The website is maintained by the Institute based in Koln, Germany and has links to Indological resources (Sanskrit lexicons, Tamil Text Thesaurus), register of Asian E-Journals, Lexicon of Iranian languages, Sangam-index, links to India on the WWW, Tamilnadu on WWW, Computational linguistics--a collection of links, links to newspapers. InvestIndia - Past, Present and Future -- Contains Mythological stories,Indian Classics (Mahabharata and Ramayana). Information for travelers to India is available through this site. Jainism - Religion, Arts and Monuments -- Jainism in India. A timeline of India. Arts and monuments influenced by Jains Mailing List for Ancient Indian Studies -- Join the mailing list to discuss about indology and all academic issues related to ancient india. Miniature Paintings of India -- Organized by category: company, deccani, east india; this is part of the Varanasi collection of the University of Pennsylvania. Nataraja: Cosmic Dancer -- An introduction to the cosmic dancer in Hindu iconography and mythology. Navagrahas -- An overview of the Hindu iconography and legends related to the nine planets--Navagrahas--in Hindu astrology and mythology. Rock-shelter paintings of Kharwai -- A portrait gallery of rock-shelter paintings of Kharwai, Madhya Pradesh, India. Sanskrit Texts: originals -- A comprehensive collection of Sanskrit Texts: originals, transliterations, translations. Sarasvati Sindhu Web Club -- Join the club devoted to ancient Indian studies; has bulletin board for posting messages, chat room, photos, calendar for FREE use by members of the club. Sarasvati Sindhu civilization, language and script: Index -- The Sarasvati Sindhu (Indus) civilization circa 3000 B.C. the web defines a new paradigm in bronze age studies and in studying the formation of Indian languages Science and Technology in Ancient India -- History of Ancient Hindu Sciences and Technology Scripts of Indian Languages -- Samples of ancient inscriptions and scripts of many Indian languages. Terracotta temples of Bengal: an archive -- The page includes photographs of Bengali brick temples from two eighteenth century temple sites, Kantanagar in Dinajpur district and Puthia in Rajshahi district, in Bangladesh. They were scanned from the albums of Dr. Rokeya Kabir, Dept. of History, Dhaka University.
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