This page maintained by 
Prof. Frances Pritchett, 
Columbia University

In June 2013 I will retire; but this website will continue to be available, and I plan to keep working on it.

RESOURCES
(some materials have been moved to the basement)

*Maps of South Asia (and beyond)*
*South Asian literature*
*Urdu/Hindi language and literature*
*"INDIAN ROUTES"*
*Early Modern India: a Select Glossary*
*Islam in South Asia*
*"Sources of Indian Traditions"*
*Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: his life and work*

MY OWN WORK

**"A DESERTFUL OF ROSES: the Urdu Ghazals of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib" (always in progress)
**"A GARDEN OF KASHMIR: the Urdu Ghazals of Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir" (always in progress)
**Selections from *published work*, including work done in collaboration with *Shamsur Rahman Faruqi*
**"Urdu Meter: A Practical Handbook"
**"The Dastan of Amir Hamzah"

 

*All in the family: my mother's website on the IGBO language and literature of Nigeria

*about time *

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*sitemap*
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THE BASEMENT
(these pages' outside links will NO LONGER BE UPDATED,
but their onsite links will still work fine)

*South Asia: some good starting points (no longer updated)
*South Asian art and architecture (no longer updated)
*Some lovely calligraphy (no longer updated)
*"Morningside Mix" (no longer updated)

SOME COURSE SYLLABI

="Introduction to Indian Civilization," as of fall 2008
="Islam in South Asia--an Introduction," as of spring 2009
="Hindi/Urdu: An Overview," as of spring 2010
="Readings in Urdu Literature," as of spring 2013

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