Afro Asian Collections
Afro Asian Languages Section has a vide collection of the Indian and foreign Languages books, about 50,000 books are available in Indian and foreign languages, including reference books, rare books and complementary collections of Bengali, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, and Rajasthani etc. Following Languages collections are as under:
| Language | Collection | Language | Collection | Language | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | 7,500 | Persian | 4,000 | Tamil | 4,650 |
| Chinese | 1,445 | Pushto | 225 | Urdu | 12,156 |
| Hindi | 15850 | Reference | 1,500 | Bengali, Bhojpuri, Konkani, Marathi, Nepali ,Punjabi &Rajasthani | 3,000 |
| Japanese | 1,999 | Sanskrit | 1,916 |
Timing
Section open 8:00 a.m. and close 8:00 p.m. during the year in the exam period 8:00a.m. To 12:00 midnight.
Services
We are providing following services to the users
Reference services
OPAC (online public access catalogue).Two computers are kept for catalogue search.
Tracing File (to trace the book/books later if book/books is/are not available at that time on the shelf).
Guide Tags
| Rack No. | Language | Call No. | Rack No. | Language | Call No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hindi | 001.2to294.5926 | 18. | Urdu | 306to891.43909 |
| 2. | Hindi | 294.5926045to491.20143 | 19. | Urdu | 891.43909to891.4391308 |
| 3. | Hindi | 491.203to891.2109 | 20. | Urdu | 891.4391308to891.43917108 |
| 4. | Hindi | 891.2109to891.43109353 | 21 | Urdu | 891.43917108to891.43934 |
| 5. | Hindi | 891.43109355to891.4317108 | 22. | Urdu | 891.43934to891.4398409 |
| 6. | Hindi | 891.4317108to891.43308 | 23. | Urdu | 891.4398508to973 |
| 7. | Hindi | 891.4330809to891.43471 | 24. | Persian | 001.0955to891.551108 |
| 8. | Hindi | 891.43471to891.71608 | 25. | Persian | 891.551108to95503 |
| 9. | Hindi | 891.723to984.82736 | 26. | Tamil | 001.45482to892.811092 |
| 10. | Sanskrit | 011.67to491.281 | 27. | Tamil | 894.811092to894.8113014 |
| 11. | Arabic | 001to297.1227 | 28. | Punjabi | |
| 12 | Arabic | 297.1227to321.80953 | 29. | Bengali, Konkani, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Nepali&Rajasthani | |
| 13. | Arabic | 321.80953to892.708 | 30. | Chinese | |
| 14. | Arabic | 892.708to892.71608 | 31. | Japanese | |
| 15. | Arabic | 892.71609to953.101 | 32. | Reference | |
| 16. | Arabic | 953.101to958.11046 | 33. | Reference | |
| 17. | Urdu | 001to305.894 |
Reading Hall
Centralize air condition reading hall of 24 users sitting capacity with calm and peaceful atmosphere.
Rare Books
Afro Asian Languages Section has a very good Rare collection of Arabic,Persian and Urdu books Like Tuzuk-e Jahangiri, Aaina-e Akbari, Geeta-e Manzoom Farsi, Shahnamah Firdausi by Abul Qasim, Bustan by Shiekh Sadi, 1895, Tuzk-e Babari etc.
Contact detail
Mr.Md..Tariq , In-Charge
Phone No. 011-26704544 PABX 4544
Email: mtarik@mailjnu.ac.in