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Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

The Department of Manuscriptology, set up in 1985, collects, conserves and catalogues Tamil palm-leaf manuscripts, mostly from southern Tamil Nadu. The website was last updated around 2014, so its contacts may be out of date; to verify. Map point is the Chemmancherry locality.

Contact

Address
Institute of Asian Studies, Chemmancherry, Sholinganallur, Chennai 600119
Website
www.instituteofasianstudies.com
Email
info@instituteofasianstudies.com
Phone
+91 44 24501851
Access
The library serves the Institute's own research; the website gives no rules for outside readers, so write first.
Scans
No published policy on copies; the Department of Manuscriptology asks for enquiries by email.

Checked 2026-10-16

Catalogues (2)

  1. A descriptive catalogue of Tamil palm leaf manuscripts: sample entries
    1987, Madras
  2. A descriptive catalogue of palm leaf manuscripts in Tamil, Vol.1
    Samuel and Pillai, 1990, Madras

Digitised manuscripts (481, NAMAMI)

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