Talk:British Museum Department of Asia

Tara
The Bronze Tara from Sri Lanka is mentioned in the text, but no photo is shown, nor is it wikilinked to a page of its (her?) own. I can't find any pages or photos in Wikipedia or Commons, so I uploaded and released my photo of it to commons. I've added the commons template to this article, so readers can find it, as well as many other photos already in the category. Feel free to find and upload a better photo, this one was only taken with my mobile phone.

I'm surprised there isn't any more information about the statue. I remember seeing a documentary solely about this statue on the BBC once, though I could be mistaken. Surely it is notable enough for a page of its own? It seemed to have a quite interesting history. Maybe if an expert creates a page, or finds an existing one, it can be wikilinked here and the photo put there? Gidi70 15:36, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Copyedit
Copyedited to remove copyedit template. The page seems to have been structured around previous set of British Musuem web pages which have since been reworked. Note that the Islamic section should be moved to the Department of the Middle East following a re-organisation. 84.92.241.186 (talk) 16:16, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Catalogues and Lists from British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts
These should be put into wikisource and linked to this article from there.

Catalogue of Sanskrit and Pali books in the British museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Cecil Bendall, Lionel David Barnett, Ernst Anton Max Haas

http://books.google.com/books?id=bJAqAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I0cPUdqRBMyB0AGlwoDoBg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

A supplementary catalogue of Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit books in the library of the British museum accuired during the years 1892-1906 By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Ernst Anton Max Haas, Cecil Bendall

http://books.google.com/books?id=KCEYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I0cPUdqRBMyB0AGlwoDoBg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of the Hindi, Panjabi and Hindustani Manuscripts in the Library of the British Museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, James Fuller Blumhardt

http://books.google.com/books?id=JCEYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I0cPUdqRBMyB0AGlwoDoBg&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of Chinese printed books, manuscripts and drawings in the library of the British Museum, Volume 1 By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas

http://books.google.com/books?id=a10IAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I0cPUdqRBMyB0AGlwoDoBg&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of the Sinhalese manuscripts in the British museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe

http://books.google.com/books?id=rfD3MYJloUkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I0cPUdqRBMyB0AGlwoDoBg&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of Syriac manuscripts in the British museum acquired since the year 1838, Part 1 By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, William Wright

http://books.google.com/books?id=IiEYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I0cPUdqRBMyB0AGlwoDoBg&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the British museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Cecil Bendall

http://books.google.com/books?id=IyEYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I0cPUdqRBMyB0AGlwoDoBg&ved=0CGAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of the Turkish manuscripts in the British museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Charles Rieu

http://books.google.com/books?id=j7QhAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I0cPUdqRBMyB0AGlwoDoBg&ved=0CGYQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of the Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, Pishtu, and Sindhi manuscripts in the library of the British museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, James Fuller Blumhardt

Catalogue of the Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, Pushtu, and Sindhi manuscripts in the library of the British museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, James Fuller Blumhardt

http://books.google.com/books?id=RCbWgdnF4aIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I0cPUdqRBMyB0AGlwoDoBg&ved=0CG0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of Arabic books in the British Museum, Volume 1 By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZR4YAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O0gPUdbxKsrE0QGUkoDIBg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of Marathi and Gujarati printed books in the library of the British museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, James Fuller Blumhardt

http://books.google.com/books?id=JSEYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O0gPUdbxKsrE0QGUkoDIBg&ved=0CDUQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q&f=false

Descriptive List of the Hebrew and Samaritan Mss. in the British Museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts

http://books.google.com/books?id=Jc4ZAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O0gPUdbxKsrE0QGUkoDIBg&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of the Hebrew books in the library of the British Museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Joseph Zedner

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZOkZAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O0gPUdbxKsrE0QGUkoDIBg&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of the Sinhalese printed books in the library of the British museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe

http://books.google.com/books?id=oXsqAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O0gPUdbxKsrE0QGUkoDIBg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of Bengali printed books in the library of the British Museum By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, James Fuller Blumhardt

http://books.google.com/books?id=F48qAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O0gPUdbxKsrE0QGUkoDIBg&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q&f=false

Catalogue of Hebrew books in the British Museum acquired during the years 1868-1892 By British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Samuel Van Straalen

http://books.google.com/books?id=8EZDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22British+Museum.+Dept.+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DUkPUcu9GKjl0QGQhoCwDQ&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q&f=false

Rajmaan (talk) 05:38, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
 * With the split in the 1970s these will all be in the British Library now. Their online catalogues are more up to date. Johnbod (talk) 13:03, 4 February 2013 (UTC)