Allen Thrasher (Library of Congress)

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Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D.
Senior Reference Librarian
Southern Asia Section
Asian Division
Library of Congress
Washington, DC  20540-4810  USA

phones: 202-707-3732 (office)
        703-845-2870 (residence)
fax:    202-707-1724
email:  athr@loc.gov

description of work:
Sanskrit; Indian philosophy and religion; tantra/tantrism; folk magic; 
magic squares; symbolism of numbers; manuscript studies; history of 
writing and scripts; history of the book and publishing; cryptography; 
South Asian Americans and South Asian diaspora; South Asian language 
periodicals and newspapers; Christianity in India, especially the 
Catholic Church.