SOUTH ASIAN VIDEO COLLECTION ARRIVES AT CLEMONS LIBRARY

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 13 -- Scholars now have access
to more than 2,000 video cassettes on South Asian culture and
history recently acquired by the University of Virginia.
	The Center for South Asian Studies and Clemons Library
collaborated to obtain the film collection, which consists of only
original-release prints, rather than second- or third-hand prints
commonly sold by vendors.
	ÒThese films are an excellent teaching resource for faculty
and students,Ó associate anthropology professor H.L. Seneviratne
said.  He considers the value and depth of the collection to be
unequaled except in film archives in India.
	The film selection includes linguistic and literary studies,
drama, religion, sociology, anthropology, history, media studies,
business and commerce.  The collection also contains the complete
set of the ÒRamayanaÓ and ÒMahabharataÓ serials produced for Indian
television as well as several Pakistani television dramas.  The
majority of the films are Hindi/Urdu, but the collection also
contains films in Panjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and
Bengali.
	Seneviratne said faculty at other institutions may borrow
the films.  The film list can be accessed by typing Òt-indian video
collectionÓ in the U.Va. VIRGO on-line catalogue.
	For additional information, contact H.L. Seneviratne at
(804) 924-6820.
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April 12, 1995