JOURNAL OF SOUTH ASIAN RESEARCH: is a refereed journal which provides a forum for scholarly research, comment and discussion on the Anthropology and Sociology, History and Archaeology, Politics, Law, Society, Economics, Sociology, Culture and International relations of the South Asian region, drawing on a range of disciplines from the humanities and social sciences. We aim to publish cutting edge, innovative, conceptually interesting, original case studies and new research, which shape and lead debates in South Asian studies.
2. The research article must be an original and unpublished work. The author(s) must also confirm that the manuscript is not being considered for publication elsewhere in any form.
3. Word Limit: The prescribed word limit is 8000-10000 words including references.
4. The submission must include an abstract of 150-250 words which should contain a minimum of five keywords arranged alphabetically
5. Submissions must be made in the MS Word (.doc/.docx) format.
6. The body of the manuscript should be in Times New Roman, Font Size 12 and in 1.5 line spacing.
7. The text should be justified and a margin of 2.54 centimetres shall be left on all sides of the paper.
8. Include notes and references in the written text, using the APA style, with a full and updated bibliographical list at the end of the article
9. Authors are encouraged to use abbreviations except most common ones
10. Acknowledgments: These must be put before the references and be less than 200 words.
11. All research articles submitted will be checked for plagiarism. The author(s) are strictly expected to acknowledge the references made use of.
12. Author should Identify sources of all information and cite those publications that have been used during the research process.
13. Information obtained privately, as in conversation or correspondence, should not be used or reported without prior permission from the source. Such work may be cited as “personal communication”.
14. Authors are advised to use own data and good resolutions (minimum 300 DPI) maps/ photographs/ drawings/ illustrations/ flow charts, etc. in case of reuse of such materials, authors are responsible for necessary written permission from the concerned persons or institutions.
15. Separate from your manuscript, your submission should contain enumerating the following details in a separate page.