Central Archaeological Library

Central Archaeological Library being one of the important part of Archaeological Survey of India was established in 1903 - 1904 during the tenure of Sir John Marshall in Simla with collection of some of 40,000 volumes and called it "The best archaeological library in India, perhaps Asia". Later library was shifted to New Delhi. It is one of the largest library of India in the field of archaeology, History, Architecture, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Preservation and Conservation and text in Pali, Prakrit and Sanskrit etc. The library specializes in the collection of rare books dating back to 15th century. The library has more than 1,50,000 books, academic journals, maps, portfolios etc. 17839 rare books have been digitized which can be accessed online on http://www.ignca.nic.in/asp/searchBooks.asp The library serves the departmental officers as well as the research scholars from India and abroad.