The Kenneth G. Zysk Indological Manuscript Collection consists of approximately 3000 Indic manuscripts from Brahmin families in Varanasi and surrounding areas. The majority are paper manuscripts dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The language is predominantly Sanskrit, though several Hindi manuscripts are also found. Subjects include all branches of Sanskrit learning, with a particular focus on ritual, law, science, and tantra.

The Wellcome Collection in London is one of the largest collections of Indic manuscripts outside the subcontinent. It is unique in its diversity, with an estimated 12,000 manuscripts from over 1,000 years, spanning different genres and languages from all over South Asia.

‘SAMHiTA’, the Sanskrit for ‘compilation’ or ‘compendium’, is the acronym of a project proposed by the International Research Division, India International Centre (IIC-IRD), Delhi, to create a ‘South Asian Manuscript Histories and Textual Archive’. The idea is to consolidate information on South Asian manuscripts in collections outside India, through collaboration with international organizations.

The project focuses on Veṅkaṭanātha, also known as Vedānta Deśika, a South Indian philosopher and polymath whose traditional dates are 1269-1370. Veṅkaṭanātha wrote in different languages (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Maṇipravāḷam, and Tamil) and genres (commentaries, independent treatises, hymns, dramas, poems, and so on). He radically changed the theological school now known as Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta and influenced indirectly other philosophical schools as well, including Dvaita Vedānta and Śaivādvaita.

"Early Science Manuscripts" is a research project about the scientific heritage of South Asia in the pre-colonial period. It is funded at the University of Alberta as part of the Cosmopolitanism and the Local in Science and Nature project. This is an international research consortium funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada that brings together institutions in Canada, Europe and South Asia to explore the multiple origins and global circulations of knowledge.

In connection with the funding Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) “Age of Vedanta” project, headed by Prof. Ajay Rao and Prof.