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Asian government publications
Our collections are particularly strong for the Indian subcontinent
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Chinese collection
Includes over 100,000 printed books and 2,500 periodical titles in Chinese
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Chinese oracle bones
Among the oldest items in the British Library
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Chinese propaganda posters
89 posters dating from 1950 to 1982
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Chinese stamps
19th and 20th-century stamps from China
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How to find and use the British Library's IIIF ena...
This collection guide will enable you to find and use our digitised collection items that are IIIF enabled.
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India Office prints, drawings and paintings
We have one of the world’s richest archives of prints and drawings from South Asia
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India Office Records and Private Papers
Archives of the East India Company and the pre-1947 government of India
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India Office Records: Central Asia Resources
Central Asian resources in the archives of the East India Company and the pre-1947 government of India
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Japanese collection
Material from the 8th century to the present
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Japanese design books
Design books from the 17th to early 20th centuries
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Japanese manuscripts and early printed books
Works created before the Meiji Restoration of 1868
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Korean collection
Historical texts and contemporary publications
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Manchu collection
Manuscripts, woodblock prints and works relating to the Qing dynasty
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Mongolian collection
Thousands of items from the Mongolian Republic, China and Russia
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