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RELIGIONS:
Buddhism:
Buddha Room
Includes Zen and other types of resources.
http://edge.edge.net/~jimreid/buddha1.htm
Dharma Electronic Files Archive (D.E.F.A.)
The online Buddhist libraries maintained by DharmaNet International.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/dharma/defa.html
Janis's Info.omni Enlightenment
Links to Buddhist art, exhibitions, journals, meetings, videos,
foundations, museums, etc.
http://www.voicenet.com/voicenet/homepages/kunga/index.html
Journal of Buddhist Ethics
The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is a completely electronic journal
publishing peer-reviewed research articles, discussion, bulletins,
and reviews. This address provides current and back issues of
the journal.
http://www.psu.edu/jbe/jbe.html
The journal also provides Global Resources for Buddhist Studies,
a long list of links to other Buddhist and Asian Internet sites.
http://www.psu.edu/jbe/resource.html
Hinduism:
Facets of Religion - Hinduism
Includes the Bhagavad Gita and other Hindu texts, information on
Vedic culture, Bhakti Yoga, etc..
http://sunfly.ub.uni-freiburg.de/religion/
Hindu Studies Review
The inaugural issue (Dec. 95) of this electronic journal contains,
in English and Sanskrit, a "Hindu Declaration of Universal
Human Rights."
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/hsr/
Transcendental Art Gallery
A collection of Indian art, maintained by the International
Society of Consciousness (Hare Krishnas).
http://www.best.com/~rayk/html/picidx.html
Shinto:
Study Guide: Shinto
"Shinto, the native religion of Japan, is one of the
oldest religions in the world. Related to some of the religions
of Korea, Manchuria and present-day Siberia, Shinto is primarily
a form of nature worship, where natural objects, such as mountains,
rivers, heavenly bodies, etc. are worshipped and personified (for
example, Amaterasu the Sun Spirit). Shinto has no real founder,
no written scriptures, no body of religious law, and only a very
loosely-organized priesthood. Shinto is a non-exclusive religion--that
is, people may practice and Shinto along with a second or even
third religion; this is because the beliefs of Shinto do not conflict
with those of other faiths. Most Japanese practice both Shinto
and Buddhism."
http://www.easc.indiana.edu/pages/easc/curriculum/eastasia/1995/general/JAPAN/SHINTO.htp
Taoism:
The Golden Elixir
Introduces some facets of the history and doctrines of Chinese
alchemy. The site contains essays, Chinese texts, concordances,
pictures, and bibliographies. These materials may be of interest
to those studying Taoism, the history of Chinese science, and comparable
traditions in other cultures.
http://vega.unive.it/~pregadio/jindan/index.html
Taoism Information Page
This page is devoted to scholarly and philosophical information
on Taosim. It includes electronic versions of the Tao Teh Ching,
the I Ching, and other texts. It is an excellent starting point
for finding Taoist resources on the Internet.
http://www.cnu.edu/~patrick/taoism.html
REGIONAL INFORMATION:
Asia (General):
The Asia Society
Founded as a nonprofit, nonpolitical organization in 1956,
The Asia Society is today the leading institution in the U.S.
dedicated to building bridges of understanding between Americans
and Asians.
http://www.japanese.com/nonprofit/Asia.html
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library: The Internet Guide to Asian
Studies
"A WWW Virtual Library is a constellation of distributed,
hierarchically structured and inter-linked WWW pages which provide
a continuously evolving hypertext map and a seamless access tool
to the networked scholarly documents, resources and information
systems concerned with a given field of expertise."
Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek [tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au]
Est.: 24th March 1994. Last updated: 19 August 1996. This document
keeps track of leading information facilities in the field of
Asian studies. Currently this page provides access to 550 information
facilities world-wide.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
Kyodo News
Current Asian News
http://www.kyodo.co.jp/
Passi sulla Rete (Pacing the Net)
A newsletter devoted to new selected resources on India, Tibet,
China, Korea and Japan useful to students and scholars; to developments
in the use of computers in the humanities; and to new networked
tools of general interest. All resources are illustrated by a
short note in Italian, but the home page and table of contents
are also available in English. A browser that supports frames
is preferred but not required.
http://www.unive.it/~dsie/passi/home.html
The Center for the Study of the Eurasian Nomads (CSEN)
A well-rounded resource for anthropologists, archaeologists,
and historians. It reports on excavations and other research being
conducted in Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China.
http://garnet.berkeley.edu/~jkimball/
South Asia:
Cinema:
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/cinema.html
South Asia Regional Studies
School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/asia/sars.html
South Asia Info
Provides information about Nepal and other South Asian countries.
http://www.south-asia.com/
HIMAL South Asia
A publication that covers the entire subcontinent, a "South
Asia" that for HSA includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Burma, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet.
In the past Himal was particularly good at covering social movements,
environmental issues and cultural politics. It also informed about
local art, cinema, music and publishing scenes. And it kept tabs
on foreign scholarship on the region, helping us to reflect on
how our work was received locally. Now that HSA has expanded its
focus to include all of South Asia, many will find it of value
as Himalayanists have long done.
http://www.south-asia.com/himal.html
Southeast Asia:
A-V Resources on Southeast Asia
http://mark.sinclair.hawaii.edu/HTMLpages/SL/lists/Southeast_Asia/
The South Asia Gopher
The South Asia Gopher offers a huge data server for information
about the nations, culture, and languages which comprise South
Asia and Southeast Asia
gopher://gopher.cc.columbia.edu:71/11/clioplus/scholarly/SouthAsia
COUNTRIES:
China:
China the Beautiful
China the Beautiful displays Chinese art and literature online,
from all periods of the country's 5,000-year history. Texts are
available in the original Chinese, and many are translated into
English.
http://www.mordor.com/pei/china.html
The Complete Reference to China/Chinese-Related Web Sites
http://www.aimhi.com/VC/nankai/Chinasit.html
ZWWWZ - China/Chinese World-Wide Web Resources Catalogue
In a well organized index of sites, Patrick Kremer lists subjects
related to Chinese culture, including its history, economy, politics,
sports, and games.
http://ftp.geog.ucl.ac.be/~patrick/zhongguo/Ezg.html
India:
An India Information Resource
This directory houses an exceptionally vast collection of
links to sites in or related to India.
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~vdk/india/indianew.html
India Related Links
This massive list provides links to such subjects as Vedic
astrology, Hinduism, yoga, etc.
http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~srinivas/indial.html
Information on India
Information on India provides links to sites about and in
the country of India, such as WebIndia, India Online, IndiaWorld,
and a clickable map of India
http://www-engr.uvic.ca/~nagarwal/more-info/india.html
Korea:
Korea Directory
This is a directory of all Web sites in Korea: companies,
governments, news and journals, universities, research institutes,
all Korea-related Web sites outside of Korea, Koreans' personal
home pages.
http://korea.directory.co.kr/
Japan:
Asiatic Society of Japan
The Asiatic Society of Japan, founded in 1872, holds monthly
lectures in English on topics related to Japan or other countries
in East Asia. This site catalogs those lectures, as well as annual
reports, and provides links to more information on Japan.
http://www.tiu.ac.jp/bduell/ASJ_Home_Page.html
Japanese Religions
Short description for several major religions in Japan.
http://www.io.com/~nishio/japan/religion.html
The Zen Koan in Ten Parts by Hakuin Ekaku with Drawings
Hakuin Ekakua was not a painter in the professional sense
of the term; he was a Zen master who used his great talent as
an artis in teaching Zen, particularly to his lay followers.
http://www.nomius.com/zenyard/koans/hakuin/hakuin.htm
Nepal:
Explore Nepal
Local English newspaper published fortnightly.
http://www.catmando.com/news/explore-nepal/explrnpl.htm
Tibet:
Tibet Home Page
An introduction to the history and people of the Asian nation.
This plain site includes a wide range of maps, photographs, and
texts such as short overviews of Tibetan history from 1200 BC
to the present day.
http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~wtv/tibet/Welcome.html
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Comparative Religion: A Directory of Internet Resources
for the Academic Study of Religion
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~madin/
National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History
(NCC)
Since 1982, the National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion
of History (NCC) has served as a national advocacy office for
historical and archival professions. A consortium of 53 organizations,
NCC represents historical and archival professions on issues involving
federal funding and policy issues that have an impact on historical
research and teaching, access to government information, employment
of historians, public policy issues relating to history, historic
preservation, and the dissemination of historical information.
http://h-net2.msu.edu/~ncc/
SELECTED PAPERS:
Early Modern India and World History
by John F. Richards, Duke University
"In this essay, I will set out the prevailing attributes
of the early modern world as seen from a global perspective and
then try to place India (or South Asia) within its own context
in the early modern world. I am convinced that we must contextualize
Indic culture, civilization and society in this way to better
understand the more specific unfolding of South Asian history
the sixteenth,seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries."
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/india/JohnRichards'Indian.html
India: The Dilemmas Of Diversity by Robert L. Hardgrave,
Jr.
"In confronting this staggering diversity, the framers of
India's Constitution sought to shape an overarching Indian identity
even as they acknowledged the reality of pluralism by guaranteeing
fundamental rights, in some cases through specific provisions
for the protection of minorities."
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/india/Hardgrave.html
Protestants, Orientalists, and Brahmanas: Reconstructing Indian
Social History by Richard W. Lariviere
"Today I want to look at criticisms of Sanskrit philology.
. . to look at criticisms of what we are doing when we engage
in the enterprise of studying ancient Indian literature. Specifically,
I want to look at the challenges and criticisms that have been
leveled against philologists who have chosen to study India. I
want to look at three important types of criticism. I will use
a sort of short-hand means of referring to these three types of
criticism: I will call these criticisms the Orientalist criticism,
the Essentialist criticism, and the Distortionist criticism.
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/subject/gondalecture.html