Hindi and Urdu Research Guide: Country/Culture

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.

The Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy is a unique reference work which makes a broad range of richly varied philosophical, ethical and theological traditions accessible to a wide audience.The Companion is divided into six sections covering the main traditions within Asian thought: Persian; Indian; Buddhist; Chinese; Japanese; and Islamic philosophy.

The Centre is in the process of putting their collections of rare manuscripts, books, photographs, audio and film material on-line, to be freely available for everyone.
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Recent data and statistics on country development, global poverty, health and education, and other economic and social indicators related to poverty and development. Includes global gender statistics.

Created by UCLA History professor Vinay Lal, Manas is a great website for cultural information about India. The site has information about History and Politics, Religious Traditions, Landscape, the Indian Diaspora, and much more.