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"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778) was established 21 April 1994. The journal, a pioneering and the only publication of this kind in the world, provides daily abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Asian Studies. It is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, National Institute for Asia and the Pacific, ANU. The periodical forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library. For further details see a page About the Asian Studies WWW Monitor. The journal is complemented by its sister publication Pacific Studies WWW Monitor which was established in April 2000.

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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Mar 2005
Vol. 12, No. 6 (231)

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 8
Entries rejected: 12
The email edition of this Journal has now over 4400 subscribers.

31 Mar 2005
5star
Draft constitution of Bhutan
Government of Bhutan, Thimpu, Bhutan
Supplied note: "The draft constitution of Bhutan can be downloaded in PDF format at [the URL below]:
Kuensel, the newspaper of Bhutan, has prepared the discussion forum of the constitution [at] http://www.kuenselonline.com/phorum/list.php?f=4
- mm."
Site contents: * Constitution (Preamble, Articles, Glossary, Royal Command, Background, Chronology, Meeting, Speeches, News, Photo Gallery, Policies); * Members; * Sources; * Making; * Archives; * Consultation; * Comments.
Articles: Article 1 - Kingdom of Bhutan; Article 2 - The Institution of Monarchy; Article 3 - Spiritual Heritage; Article 4 - Culture; Article 5 - Environment; Article 6 - Citizenship; Article 7 - Fundamental Rights; Article 8 - Fundamental Duties; Article 9 - Principles of State Policy; Article 10 - Parliament; Article 11 - The National Council; Article 12 - The National Assembly; Article 13 - Passing of Bills; Article 14 - Finance, Trade and Commerce; Article 15 - Political Parties; Article 16 - Public Campaign Financing; Article 17 - Formation of Government; Article 18 - The Opposition Party; Article 19 - Interim Government; Article 20 - The Executive; Article 21 - The Judiciary; Article 22 - Local Governments; Article 23 - Elections; Article 24 - The Royal Audit Authority; Article 25 - The Royal Civil Service Commission; Article 26 - The Anti-Corruption Commission; Article 27 - Defence; Article 28 - The Attorney General; Article 29 - The Pay Commission; Article 30 - Holders of Constitutional Offices; Article 31 - Impeachment; Article 32 - National Referendum; Article 33 - Emergency; Article 34 - Amendment & Authoritative Text; First Schedule - The National Flag and the National Emblem of Bhutan; Second Schedule - The National Anthem of Bhutan; Third Schedule - Oath or Affirmation of Office; Fourth Schedule - Oath or Affirmation of Secrecy.
[A bilingual site in Dzongkha and English - ed.]
URL http://www.constitution.bt/html/constitution/articles.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.constitution.bt/html/constitution/articles.htm
Link reported by: Mizuno Mitsuaki (mizuno-m[use"@"]sa.starcat.ne.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Govt.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

24 Mar 2005
2star
China, Internet Portal
Polish - Chinese Centre for Economic Cooperation 'AKIE' & Foundation for Promotion Culture and Art 'Dong Feng', Krakow, Poland
Supplied note: "Bilingual, Polish and English, Internet site [est. 6th Dec 2004 - ed.] that gives basic knowledge about Chinese culture, art, history, tourism facilities, archeology, customs and festivals. Daily news from Chinese press in English, forum, newsletter and multimedia files. - pz."
Site contents: Learn China; News; FAQ; Forum; About us; What's new?; Photo gallery; Menu (History, Silk Road, Archeology, Museums, Tourism, Religion and philosophy, Tibet, Literature, Learn Chinese, Painting, Chinese calendar, Music, Movie, Women of China, Young people of China, Business and economy, Medicine, Sport, Taste of China, Chinese gardens, Porcelain, Chinese tea, Stamp-collecting, Martial arts, Fauna and Flora, Disabled people, Autumn of Life).
[People's Republic of China enters through the Polish door to court European mass culture and shape the pre-Olympics (Beijing 2008) perceptions - ed.]
URL http://www.chinese.pl
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Przemek Zarubin (przemek.z[use"@"]dongfeng.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: data not available

24 Mar 2005
5star
Balinese Manuscript Collection Index
The Australian National University Library, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "This Index provides a searchable index [http://anulib.anu.edu.au/epubs/bali/ - ed.] to the Balinese Manuscript Collection housed in the Menzies Library of the Australian National University Library. The Balinese Manuscript Project, the Hooykaas-Ketut Sangka (HKS) Project, was set up by Professor C.C. Hooykaas and his Balinese colleague Ketut Sangka in the early 1970s to produce romanised transliterations of the Balinese manuscript corpus. The project, which was conceived by Hooykaas as a way to preserve the Balinese literary heritage before it was irretrievably lost, continued after his death in 1979 under the leadership of Dr Hedi Hinzler of Leiden University, and is still continuing.
Between March 1973 and June 1992, the Department of Indonesian at the University of Sydney participated in the Balinese Manuscript Project [...] The Sydney Collection, now the ANU collection, comprises 5,219 transcriptions which have been registered in this Index. Copies of the HKS Project collection, some incomplete, can be found in the libraries of the University of Leiden, Cornell University, British Library, and the National Library (Perpustakaan Nasional), Jakarta.
The Balinese manuscript tradition incorporates a vast range of texts of all kinds written in a number of languages including Sanskrit, Old Javanese, Middle Javanese, Literary Balinese and Balinese. The Balinese Manuscript Project has made visible the vast extent and widespread dispersal of religious, epic and secular literature throughout the Balinese world. Many of the manuscripts transcribed belong to private collections in Bali and have not previously been recorded. [...] The compilation of this Index was supported by an Australian Research Council Large Research Grant (2000-2002)."
URL http://anulib.anu.edu.au/clusters/ap/databases/bali_manuscripts.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Helen Creese (h.creese[use"@"]uq.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

23 Mar 2005
4star
BodhiTree: Buddhist Education Resources for Young Students
bodhitree.netfirms.com, Sydney, Australia
Self-description: "This website is for all young people and their teachers, who are interested in the Buddha's teachings."
Supplied note: "The site contains a collection of free to download Buddhist education books. The resources are currently used by the Buddhist Council of NSW [Australia] (www.buddhistcouncil.org) in the NSW Special Religious Education teaching program. - dm."
Site contents: * Introduction; * E-books (For primary students, For secondary students, Miscellaneous, For tertiary students and teachers); * Pictures (Bodhi tree - Bodhgaya, River Ganges - Varanasi, Deer Park - Sarnath, Dhamekh stupa - Sarnath, Monastery ruins - Sarnath, Kapilavatthu, Kosambi, Pictures from the Buddha's biography); * Weblinks (Buddhist, Children, General).
URL http://bodhitree.netfirms.com/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Dr Danuse Murty (dana_murty[use"@"]hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

22 Mar 2005
3star
The Journal of the History of Sufism
Jean Maisonneuve Publisher, Paris, France
Self-description: "The Journal of the History of Sufism (JHS), published annually, presents scholarly articles relating to the history of Islamic mysticism and of Sufi lineages all over the Muslim world."
[The site provides details of the paper publication - ed.]
Site contents: About the JHS/ Au sujet du JHS; Front Page; Aims and Scope; Advisory Board; Issues of the JHS; Ordering the Journal; Book Reviews; 1-2 / 2000; Book Reviews; 3 / 2002; Book Reviews; 4 / 2004; Authors - Publishers; Links to Academic Websites On Sufism; Society for the Study of Oriental Culture.
URL http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jhs
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Thierry Zarcone (thzarcone[use"@"]wanadoo.fr), forwarded by central-eurasia-l[use"@"]lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

22 Mar 2005
2star
Dr. Sirkali Home Page [Indian Music]
Isaimani Foundation International, New Jersey, USA
Supplied note: "The Padmashri Dr. Sirkali Govindarajan Home Page has moved to [the URL below]. Dr. Sirkali Govindarajan is a well travelled musician with honors and awards from all over the world. He is well known for his classical, devotional and film music. It has been updated with audio and video files and also several requests from fans. Watch, Listen and Enjoy!! - mp."
URL http://www.sirkali.org
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.sirkali.org/
Link reported by: Dr. Mali Pratap (prataps1[use"@"]gmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

21 Mar 2005
3star
Bangladeshi News
www.geek-box.net, ?Bangladesh
Supplied note: "Bangladeshi News with RRS Feeds. News are collected from various sources and published with RSS support. - ih."
Site contents: * News Archives [since Mar 2005 - ed.]; *News Categories (National, Metropolitan, Business, Sports, Culture, General); * Links (Bangla Music, Bangla Torrents, Bangla Lyrics, mRiTTu - Bangla Metal Music, AIUB Student Portal)
URL http://bangladeshinews.geek-box.net/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Intekhab Hussain (intekhab[use"@"]gawab.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

18 Mar 2005
5star
WWW-VL History: Indonesia
International Institute of Social History (IISH), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
[A site, originally established on 6 March 1993 by Prof. Lynn H. Nelson, Department of History, University of Kansas as 'H[istory]N[etwork]Source' based on HYTELNET protocol. It was converted to Web protocol 23 September 1993. Since 14 Jun 2002 the site forms a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library archipelago of scholarly resources (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html). Since 14th January 2005 the site, edited by Eef Vermeij, operates from IISH, Amsterdam - ed.]
Site contents: Geography; Language; Reference Works - Research Tools; Archives; Libraries; Universities; Museums; Associations; Publishers & Bookdealers; Journals; Instruction; Materials; Chronology; Biography and Genealogy; History; Topics.
URL http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlindonesia/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Eef Vermeij (iishasia[use"@"]loxinfo.co.th)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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