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Maritime Asia Heritage Survey

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Team
    • Opportunities
    • Contact Us
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  • Countries
    • Maldives
    • Indonesia
    • Thailand
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    • All Resources
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    • Illustrated Glossary
    • Maldives Virtual Library
    • MAHS Blog
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    • Database
    • Manuscript Viewer
    • 3D Model
    • Point Cloud
    • Oral Histories
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    • MAHS Blog
  • Data
    • Database
    • Manuscript Viewer
    • 3D Model
    • Point Cloud
    • Oral Histories
    • Special Collections
    • Fieldwork Gallery

Virtual Library

Browse through collections of academic articles, primary source texts, and other published references on the Maldives, sorted by category.

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The Maldives Virtual Library Category 

A bibliography of recommended readings and reference materials on Maldivian history and heritage including hyperlinks to an open-access full-text pdf file for each work.

History

Read international scholarship and delve into primary source texts on the history of these islands at the center of the Indian Ocean.

Language & Literature

Editions, translations, and interpretations of text from the Maldives in Dhivehi, Arabic, Sanskrit, and other languages..

Material Culture

A collection of studies on the art, architecture, and traditional crafts of the Maldives.

3D Model

Read international scholarship and delve into primary source texts on the history of these islands at the center of the Indian Ocean.

Manuscripts

Editions, translations, and interpretations of text from the Maldives in Dhivehi, Arabic, Sanskrit, and other languages.

Database

A collection of studies on the art, architecture, and traditional crafts of the Maldives.

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