| 词条 | Center for Art and Archaeology |
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Center for Art and Archaeology was established in 1965 as the American Academy of Banaras. It was set up with the mission to carry out original research on South Asian cultural history and archaeology, and to facilitate the research of visiting scholars. The Center has been dedicated towards developing knowledge about India’s rich visual traditions and is best known for its multi-volume Encyclopedia of Indian Temple Architecture. CA and A has a freely accessible open stack library and photo archives. It has a collection of over 50000 books, journals, off prints of research articles and papers, and maps. With a variety of subjects covered including art, architecture, archaeology, cultural history, Indology, religion, epistemology, design, textiles and performing arts.[2] The Center also has a photo-archive with over 150000 meticulously documented photographs and slides, of south Asian art and architecture and covering monuments, sites, and museum collections. The photo-archive's collection represents: architecture, sculpture, terracotta, paintings, and numismatics. In past few years the CA and A has also helped various government agencies including the Archaeological Survey of India to document, digitize and archive the heritage collections of their regions.[2] References1. ^{{Cite web |url=http://caorc.org/centers/aiis.htm# |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415115904/http://caorc.org/centers/aiis.htm# |archive-date=15 April 2012 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 2. ^1 Digital library for international research External links{{coord missing|Haryana}} 4 : Archaeological research institutes|Archives in India|Indology|Organisations based in Gurgaon |
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