Criteria
Criteria for including authors and publications are:
Authors
- (retired) members of Dutch universities and related organizations and institutions;
- scholars who were or are appointed at a Dutch university for only a part of their career (Dutch scholars who went abroad, or non-Dutch scholars who got appointed at a Dutch university): the publications of their Dutch period and publications written after their leave which have any connection with their Dutch period (f.e. a contribution to a feliciation volume of a former colleague) are inlcuded;
- Dutch people who graduaded from a Dutch university and in another context (for instance privately) have published in the field of South Asian etc. studies
- Dutch people who have their PhD degree in the field of South Asian etc. studies, but continued their career in another field.
Types of publications
- Included are: monographs, journal articles, contributions to felicitation/commemoration volumes and congress proceedings, reviews, obituaries, PhD theses (irrespective of their contents);
- Excluded are: MA theses and archive materials.
Geographical region
- South Asia (India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan)
- Tibet
- Classical Southeast Asia, reflecting the spread of South Asian cultural elements (ca. 500 – 1500 A.D.)
Disciplines
- the social sciences
- history
- archaeology, art history, and the performing arts
- religion
- philosophy
- languages and literature