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South Asia  --  China

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South Asia

New Cambridge history of India

Banglapedia - the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh is a comprehensive reference work on Bangladesh from high ancient period to date.

An encyclopedia of Punjabi culture and history, ed. by V.P.Gupta, Mohini Gupta. Delhi : Ambe Books : Distributors, Ajanta Books International, 1999, 387 p.
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The Oxford handbook of the Indian Constitution, ed. by Sujit Choudhry, Madhav Khosla, and Pratap Bhanu Mehta. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016, 1048 pages
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The Oxford handbook of Indian foreign policy, edited by David M. Malone, C. Raja Mohan, and Srinath Raghavan. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

The Oxford handbook of the Indian economy, ed. by Chetan Ghate. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2012, 958 p. 

Dictionary of martyrs : India's freedom struggle, 1857-1947, ed. by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya. New Delhi: Published by Indian Council of Historical Research in association with Manak Publications, 2011-2014. 3 v.
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Encyclopedia of India : comprehensive coverage of India into the 21st century. New Delhi: Encyclopaedia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2008. 5 v.
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Pakistan : a global studies handbook, by Yasmeen Niaz Mohiuddin. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2007, 382 p.
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Making news : handbook of the media in contemporary India, ed. by Uday Sahay. New Delhi : New York : Oxford University Press, 2006, 281 p.
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Encyclopedia of India, ed by Stanley A. Wolpert. Detroit : Charles Scribner's Sons ; Thomson Gale, 2006. 4 v.
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A hand book on Azad Jammu & Kashmir, by Pirzada Irshad Ahmad. Rawalpindi : Nawab Sons Publication, 2003, 347 p.
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Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism

Oxford Islamic Studies Online includes the searchable content of several reference works including The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, and other works. Also contains: The Koran Interpreted (a verse translation), The Qur'an (a prose translation), and A Concordance of the Qur'an.

Encyclopaedia of Islam Online offers over 13,000 articles on topics in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies.  Encyclopaedia of Islam, 3rd ed., offers enhanced coverage of 20th century Islam.

China

Brill's Encyclopedia of China Online

The Cambridge history of China, ed. by Denis Twitchett and John K. Fairbank. Cambridge; NY: Cambridge University Press, 1978- .
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Chinese history: a manual, by Endymion Wilkinson. Rev. and enl. Cambridge, MA: Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2000, 1181 p.
Fung Library | Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies | DS735 .W695 2000
Harvard-Yenching | (W) | DS735 .W695 2000
Harvard-Yenching | Ref (W) | DS735 .W695 2000
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Brill's encyclopedia of China, ed. by Daniel Leese. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2009, 1110 p.
Yenching | (W) | DS755 .B86 2008
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Encyclopedia of China : the essential reference to China, its history and culture, by Dorothy Perkins. Chicago, IL; London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999, 662 p.
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State and economy in Republican China : a handbook for scholars, ed. by William C. Kirby et al. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2001, 2 v.
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