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XII.ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
History:
Advani, B.M. “Qadeem Sindh” (Ancient Sindh), Karachi, 1944.
The book gives description in detail about the great civilization during the pre-Vedic, Vedic and Puranic Periods. It also discusses in brief about the Sindhi life and culture during the ancient period.
“Sindhuje HinduniJi Tarikh” (A history of Hindu of Sind) Karachi. (Vol. I 1946 Vol. II 1947)
First detailed work on the topic discusses about the history of Hindi-Sindhi community from the Rig-Vedic period to the modern period.
Ahmed, Saleem., “Sindhu Hiku Aam Jaizo” (Sindhi translation of A General Introduction – History of Sindh – Vol. I. By Lambrick H.T.) Hyderabad: Sindhi Adabi Board. 1982
The book deals with the geography and history of Sindh form the ancient period.
Barton, Richard., “Sindh and the Races that inhabit the Valley of the Indus”. London. 1851.
A brief history of the province. It also gives the notices of topography of the region.
Gajra, Baldev. T. “Aazadia je Yudh mem Sindhu Jo Bagu” (Role of Sindh in the freedom movement). Mumbai.1985
A Significant work which provides detailed information about the role played by the people of Sindh during the Indian freedom movement.
Elliot Henry. M. “History of India as told by its own historians” Vol. I A monumental work published in eight the volume one pertains to the geography and history and Sindh and comments on various histories of Sind. Samrat, Gangaram, Ahmedabad :Sindhu Sauvir. 1979
A detailed work on the different aspects of history of Sindh from ancient period.
Sharma, Mohanlal (ed) “Sindu ji Khoj” (Discovery of Sind), A collection of scholarly essays on the history of Sindh by Jayramdas Daulatram. 1993
Sorley, H.T. “Shah Abdul Latif of Bhit : His Poetry, Life and Time”. London, 1940.
Along with the life and poetry of Shah Latif (1989 – 1752 A.D.) the author gives a brief history of Sindh in the book.
Linguistic Classification:
Advani, B.M. “Sindhi Bolia ji Tarikh” (History of Sindhi Language), Karachi. 1941.
A first serious study in Sindhi about the development of Sindhi language. It also discusses the influence of other languages on Sindhi and dialectical variations of Sindhi language.
Allana, G.A. “The Arabic Elements in Sindhi” (M.A.thesis) London: University of London, 1964.
It discusses in detail about the influence of Arabic on Sindhi
“Papers on Sindhi language and Linguistics”, Institute of Sindhology, New Delhi: Jamshoro Sindh.1998.
A collection of papers related to different aspects of Sindhi language published in different books and periodicals.
Baloch, N.A. “Sindhi Bolia am Adab ji Mukhtasar Tarikh” A brief history of Sindhi language and literature , Sindh: Hyderabad. 1990.
A revised and enlarged third edition of the authors book written in 1962. It discusses about the origin and development of Sindhi language and a brief history of Sindhi literature.
Beams, John., “A comparative grammar of the modern Aryan languages of India” , London. 1872.
The book presents a comparative grammatical study of seven Indo-Aryan languages – Hindi, Punjabi, Sindhi, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya and Bengali.
Chatterji, S.K. “Origin and Development of Bengali Language”, Kolkata. 1926
The book deals with the development of Bengali and its linguistic relation with other Indo-Aryan languages including Sindhi.
Popati, Hiranandam. “Bhasha Shastru” (Linguistics) Mumbai.1961
The author discusses about the language adopting traditional philological approach. She also discusses about the development and other aspects of Sindhi language.
Jatoi, A.N.H. “Ilm lisan ain Sindhi Zaban” (Linguistic and Sindhi language) Sindh: Hyderabad . 1968
The author discusses in detail about the origin and development of Sindhi language.
Matlani, Manohar (ed) “Sindhia ja Hazar Sal” Millennium of Sindhi language Mumbai: University of Mumbai. 2000.
Four scholarly papers:
“The origin of Sindhi language and its development up to 1500 A.D.” by Jetley M.K., “Development of Sindhi language from 1500 to 1843 A.D.” by Thakur Hiro, “Sindhi language during Britishers (1843 – 1947 A.D.) and Development of Sindhi in Multilingual India after the Partition” by Lekhwani Kanhaiyalal. “Sindhi Boli” by Ruchandani Leelaram (1979)
The book gives a brief description about the origin of Sindhi language and its evolution. The author speculates that Sindhi is the direct descendent of the language spoken during the period of Indus Valley civilization.
Siraj-Ul-Haq “Sindhi language” Hyderabad : Azim Publications. 1964
The author discusses about the origin and development of Sindhi language and culture and gives the detailed account of Sindhi language used during the Indus valley civilization.
Turner, R.L. “A comparative etymological dictionary of Nepali”. 1962-66
It concludes Sindhi along with other major Indian Language.
Wadhwani Shah, Yashodhara “Sindhi and Sanskrit : Linguistic and Literary connections”, Sindhi Academy. 1997
Sindhi is a Sanskritical language which preserves many lexicons, grammatical forms and has strong literary connections with it. The author has briefly discussed about the origin and development of Sindhi language and its strong literary connections with Sanskrit.
2. STRUCTURE OF SINDHI LANGUAGE
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