Submission Checklist

Work through this before you upload. Every item here is checked at technical screening.

Required files

  • Manuscript — DOCX, anonymised, within the word limit for the category
  • Title page — separate file, with names, affiliations, ORCID iDs, email and the corresponding author
  • Figures — each as a separate file, 300 dpi or better, where the article has any
  • Permission letters — where any third-party or identifiable material is used
  • Response letter — on resubmission only

The manuscript

  • Original work, not published elsewhere and not under consideration by another journal
  • My name removed from the text and from the document properties
  • Tracked changes and comments cleared
  • Abstract of 150–250 words and five to seven keywords
  • Sanskrit in IAST, in Unicode; no legacy fonts
  • Every substantial quotation carries a translation
  • Primary texts listed separately from secondary literature, with editions given
  • Every in-text citation appears in the reference list, and every entry is cited
  • DOIs supplied where they exist
  • Tables as editable text; figures numbered and captioned with source lines

Required declarations

  • Originality and no simultaneous submission
  • Authorship — all listed contributors qualify, and none who qualifies is omitted
  • Conflict of interest, or a statement that there is none
  • Funding, with grant numbers
  • Use of AI tools, per the AI Use Policy
  • Ethics and informed consent, for field or interview material

Permissions, where applicable

  • In-copyright text quoted at length
  • Manuscript and archival images
  • Maps, diagrams and figures reproduced from another work
  • Photographs of identifiable people, with consent covering open-access publication
  • Material held by a temple, maṭha, institution or private collection

Final check before submission

  1. Open the manuscript on another machine and confirm the diacritics render.
  2. Read the document properties one more time.
  3. Confirm the article category and that the word count is within its limit.
  4. Confirm the corresponding author's email is one you will read for the next six months.
  5. Confirm every co-author has seen and approved the version you are about to submit.

Make a submission

What happens after you submit is set out under Review & Revision.