Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

ISSN: 1356-1863 (Print), 1474-0591 (Online)

1991-2017• Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

1834-1990• The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

1824-1834• Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Societyhas been published by the Society since 1834 and is distinguished not only by its longevity but also by its consistency in providing a forum for scholarly articles of the highest quality on South Asia, the Middle East (together with North Africa and Ethiopia), Central Asia, East Asia and South-East Asia. It publishes articles on history, archaeology, literature, language, religion and art, and reviews of books in these     fields.

The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society invites the submission of original scholarly articles on the anthropology, architecture, languages, literatures, philosophies, religions, art, history and art history of all parts of Asia and in addition North Africa and Ethiopia.

Submission

Submissions should be made electronically, formatted in ‘word.doc’ form and accompanied by a ‘pdf’. Delivery should be by email attachment to the editorial office at cdb@royalasiaticsociety.org . If nonRoman scripts or characters are used, these should be rendered in Unicode. We strongly discourage submission of articles formatted in ‘TeX’ or in hardcopy. Occasionally authors may wish to send CDs or USB-sticks to the editorial office by post. Postal correspondence should be addressed to:- The Editorial Office, Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD. Submission of an article,   or other item, implies that it has not been published, or accepted for publication, elsewhere. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish, in both print and electronic media, material for which they do not own the copyright and for ensuring that appropriate acknowledgements are included in       their draft text or typescript. Authors of material accepted for publication will be asked to assign their copyright to the Royal Asiatic Society. In line with  current publishing industry conventions, authors must provide an email address with their affiliation details. This information will appear on the first page of the article and enables authors to receive their proofs automatically during the production process. If you request colour figures in the printed version,   you will be contacted by CCC-Rightslink who are acting on our behalf to collect Author Charges. Please follow their instructions in order to avoid any     delay in the publication of your article.

Open Access Policies

Please visit Open Access Publishing at Cambridgefor information on our open access policies, compliance with major finding bodies, and guidelines on depositing your manuscript in an institutional repository.

English Language Editing Services

Authors, particularly those whose first language is not English, may wish to have their English-language manuscripts checked by a native speaker     before submission. This is optional, but may help to ensure that the academic content of the paper is fully understood by the editor and any reviewers. We list a number of third-party services specialising in language editing and / or translation, and suggest that authors contact as appropriate. Please see the Lan-guage Services page for more information. Please note that the use of any of these services is voluntary, and at the author's own expense. Use of these ser-vices does not guarantee that the manuscript will be accepted for publication, nor does it restrict the author to submitting to a Cambridge published  journ-al.