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List of Indological Research Journals LIST OF INDOLOGICAL RESEARCH JOURNALS Referred Journals Abbreviation Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona ABORI Ancient India, Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India, AI New Delhi Antiquaries Journal, London AJ American Journal of Archaeology, America AJA Acta Orientalia, Copenhagen AOC Ars Orientals, Michigan Publications on East Asia, 104 Lane Hall. AOM The University of Michigan, Ann Arbon, Michigan-48109. Asiatic Research Bulletin, Seoul (South Korea), ARB Asian Studies, Quezon City (Philippines) ASP Asian Review, London As.R Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research BASOR Baltimore (USA) Brahma-Vidya, The Theosophical Society, Br.V Adyar (Chennai) Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , BSOAS London Central Asiatic Journal , The Hague (Netherlands) CAJ CASS Studies : Centre of Advanced Studies in Sanskrit, CASS University of Poona, Pune Epigraphia Indic a, Delhi EI Indian Antiquary, Mumbai IA Indian Historical Quarterly , Kolkata IHQ Indian Linguistics, Poona ILin. Journal of Asian and African Studies, Institute for the Study of JAAS Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokya Gaikokugo Diagaku, 4, Nishigahara, Kita Ku, Tokyo 114. Journal of the Asiatic Society , Kolkata JASC Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh , Dhaka JASOB Journal of the Bombay Historical Society , Mumbai JBHS Journal of the Burma Research Society, Rangoon JBRS Journal of the Bihar Research Society , Patna JBRSP Journal of the Ganganath Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha JGJKSV Allahabad Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies , Harvard HJAS Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, JICPR Rajendra Bhawan (4 th floor), Deendayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi-110002 Journal of Numismatic Society of India , Banaras Hindu University JNSI Varnasi-221005 Journal of Oriental Institute , MS University of Baroda JOIB Vadodara Journal of Oriental Research , Chennai JORM Journal of Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland JRAS Englishondon Orient /West, Tokya (Japan) OW Vishveshvaranand Indological Journal , VVB Institute of Sanskrit VIJ Studies, Hoshiarpur, 146021 (Punjab) Sanskrit Vimar a, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan SV odha-Prabh : A Research Journal, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri SPRJ Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg New Delhi-110016 Research Journals in English Assam Quarterly, Gauhati AQG Bhavan’s Journal, Mumbai BJ Darshan Internal, Moradabad DI Darsanika, Traimasika, Faridkot DT Glory of India, (Quarterly) GI Indian Horizons, Indian Council for Cultural Relations IH New Delhi Indian Institute of Language Studies , Patiala IILS Indian Journal of Linguistics , Kolkata IJL Indian Literature , New Delhi IL Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Poona IPQP Indian Theosophist IT Journal of History, Dept. of History, Jadavpur University JH Kolkata Journal of Indian History , Trivandrum JIH Jijnasa: Journal of the History of Ideas and Culture, Jaipur JIJ Journal of Indian Philosophy, Holland JIP Journal of Kerala Studies , University of Kerala, Trivandrum JKS Journal of the Karnatak University , Dharwar JKU Journal of the Maharaja Sayaji Rao University of Baroda JMSB Vadodata The Journal of Sanskrit Academy, Osmania University JSAOU Hyderabad Journal of the University of Bombay, Mumbai JUB Journal of the University of Gauhati , Gauhati JUG Journal of the University of Poona, Poona JUP Madhya Bharati , Jabalpur MB Maharshi Dayanand University Research Journal ( Arts), MDURJ Rohtak-124001 (Haryana) Meerut University Sanskrit Research Journal , MUSRJ Ghaziabad (UP) Prabuddha Bharata , Kolkata PB P<ratray E : Govt. Sanskrit College, Tripunithura, P.Tr. Kerala-682301 Shree Jagannath Jyoti E, Journal of Indology, Jagannath Sanskrit SJJ University, Puri Sanskrit Ranga Annual, Chennai. SRA Vishvabhara Ei Quarterly, Kolkata VBQ Visva Jyoti , V.V.R.I. Hoshiarpur VJ The Vedic Path : Quarterly Journal of Vedic Indological and VP Scientific Research, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar Bhavan’s journal , Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan BJ Journal of Sukritindra Oriental Research Institute SORIJ Research Journals in Sanskrit Ajasra, Lucknow AJL Aranyakam, Sanskrit Prasara Parisad, Prakashpuri, Ara (Bihar)-802301 Arn. Rtam, Journal of Akhila Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad, Rm. Lucknow Sagarika, Sagarika Samitih, Deptt. of Sanskrit Dr. H.S. Gour Sag. University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh Sarasvati Susama, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University SS Varanasi Samskrta Vimarsah , Hoshiarpur SV Veda Savita, Veda Samsthana, C-22, Rajouri Garden, Ve.S New Delhi-110027 Vi va Samsk ta c, V.R.I., Hoshiarpur VS Research Journals in Hindi Adhyayana-Anusandhana : Institute of Higher Studies and Research Bapu Bazar, Jaipur AAIHSR Alocana , Delhi Alo Anek nta , Delhi Ane Anve aa, Research Journal of L.B. Shastri Kendriya Sanskrit Anv. Vidyapeetha, New Delhi Hindustan i (Quarterly), Allahabad Hind Nagari Pracarini Patrika , Varanasi NPP Paramarsha , Philosophy Dept. Pune University Pm Sammelana Patrik , Allahabad SPA Vi va Bh rat E Patrik , Shantiniketan VB Bh ra Ei- odha-S ra-Sa agraha , Jaipur BSSS .
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