Archive & Library
The Centre's Archive and Library is a single integrated knowledge base, bridging the visual, textual and auditory records of India Studies. Everything it holds enters as one object carrying one document type, so the classification below is a way into the holdings by form rather than by subject.
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Classification: Document Types | C.DT
12 classifications · 125 document types
A document type is the form a single object takes: a painting, a photograph, an auction catalogue, a book. It is assigned to every object in its own right, independent of any masterlist or research category, so one type gathers works from across the entire archive.
125 types
Armour & Helmets | ANTQ.arm
ANTQ.dol | Dolls | ANTQ.dol
Dolls, Goleks & Puppets | ANTQ.dol
Chess & Other Board Games | ANTQ.gam
Indian & Islamic Miniatures | ANTQ.min
Folk & Tribal Masks | ANTQ.msk
Paintings, Tanjores & Drawings | ANTQ.ptg
Ancient & Medieval Sculptures, murals | ANTQ.scu
Tibetan Thangkas, Nepali Paubas & Scrolls | ANTQ.thk
Toys (including automatons) | ANTQ.toy
Astronomical & Scientific Structures | ARCH.astr
Bridges (including aqueducts) | ARCH.brdg
Capital Cities (including past & present) | ARCH.capt
Churches (including basilica, convents & chapels) | ARCH.chch
Civil (including havelis & houses) | ARCH.civl
Edicts (including inscriptions) | ARCH.edct
Forts (including citadels) | ARCH.fort
Gateways (including toranas) | ARCH.gate
Mausolea (including tombs, graveyards & cemeteries) | ARCH.maus
Monoliths (including rathas & relief sculpture) | ARCH.mono