Indian Institute of Sindhology
انڈين انسٹيٹيوٹ آف سنڈالاجي
A centre for the advanced study of Sindhi language, literature, education, art and culture — and the largest gathering of Sindhi memory anywhere in India.
Founded in October ۱۹۸۹ 1989
In October 1989 the Indian Institute of Sindhology opened in Adipur — a centre for advanced study of Sindhi language, literature, education, art and culture, and the largest gathering of Sindhi memory anywhere in India.
A library of manuscripts and rare books. A museum. An art gallery. A music archive and a stage.
At Adipur
A collection of 35,000+ books, including rare books, magazines, and manuscripts, housed in the Institute’s distinguished library.
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Objects carried out of Sindh, and the material record of a civilisation five thousand years old.
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Painting, embroidery and the visual art of Sindh, shown in the Institute’s own gallery.
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The stage where Sindhi theatre, music and conference have been held since the Institute opened.
VisitEverything the Institute keeps is an answer to that gap — a library, a museum, a stage and an archive standing in for a homeland nobody can return to. The story runs from the Indus to this morning, in three chapters.
Before the pyramids were finished, Sindh had streets laid to a grid, covered drains, granaries and the Great Bath at Mohenjo-daro. A script we still cannot read was pressed into seals of steatite.
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Signs from the Indus seals — still undeciphered
Sindh stayed on the far side of a line drawn in a single summer. Its people crossed with almost nothing — and with everything that mattered: a tongue, a literature, a music, a way of being.
Everything after this date is an act of keeping.
The archive is open — on the stage, on the shelf, in the gallery and on record.
سنڌ سدا هجن
The Institute is embarking on a new chapter — plans are underway to relocate the Institute to a larger space, creating greater room for its growing collections, scholarship, and cultural work. This next chapter is dedicated to strengthening the Institute’s infrastructure while preserving the heritage entrusted to it for generations to come.
The Institute is sustained by the generosity of its well-wishers. Contributions may be made by cheque or draft in favour of Indian Institute of Sindhology, Adipur.
