Collection Content
Subject Areas:
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Resource Types:
Archival materials
Correspondence
Diaries
Government publications
Government records
Inter-governmental organization data
Personal papers
Reports
Statistics
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Content Details:
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Topics covered | Administrative and ecclesiastical appointments; Agriculture; Charters and the Company’s relationship to the English/British Crown; Courts and legal affairs, including legislation; Diplomacy, treaties and ambassadorial expeditions; Finance and debt; The machinery of government; Pay and pensions for Company servants and their families; Railways; Trade; Early voyages to Japan and the Spice Islands (Indonesia); Warfare and military matters | |
Geographic coverage | Afghanistan; East Asia; South-East Asia; Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; China; Japan | |
Chronological coverage | 1600-1947 | |
Source format(s) | Paper: charters, treaties, minutes, correspondence, deeds, statutes, treaties | Manuscript and printed documents, mostly bound |
Total titles | 936 | |
Total pages | 475,000 | |
Major language (s) | English; French (minimal) | |
Digital collection launch date | 11th January 2017 | |
Completion date | 2019 | |
Collection ongoing | Y | |
Update frequency | Two more modules to be made available in 2018 and 2019. | |
Available supplements | Y | Modules 2 and 3. |