This subseries contains proof of appointments (specifically public addresses) Sharma had and can include promotional material or confirmation via official correspondence.

This subseries documents the Global Congress World Religions after September 11 and contains promotional content, and recordings of the conferences (2006 and 2011).

This subseries consists of a collection of others' work on Sharma and his research, including published televised reports, books, article reviews, and newspaper articles.

This subseries consists of Sharma’s correspondence between 1980 and 1989 and contains personal, professional and ephemeral correspondence during this time. Notable names include Isabel and Ingeleier Kemp Asen, Susannah Heschel, Kathleen Dugan, Sheridan and Caroline Coombes, Laura Lopez, Betty Unterberger, Faye Sutherland, and Ratna Ghosh.

Subseries consists of Sharma’s correspondence between 2000 and 2015 and contains correspondence of a professional and ephemeral nature. Notable names include Caroline Coombes, Huston Smith, Jeffrey J. Kripal, and Anita and Arun Shourie.

This sub series contains Sharma’s published works, including small articles and extended pieces, with the Montilal Banarsidass (MLBD) publishing house.

This sub series documents Sharma’s working materials which were used to create the corpus of his published and unpublished works and speeches. This reference material is not authored by Sharma and includes corrections or suggestions from colleagues or editors, and significantly annotated books.

Subseries consists of photographs of Sharma taken during his academic career and includes 4 coloured photographs are from his address at Lehigh University’s 2014 Baccalaureate ceremony; 1 negative film and 1 colored photo print of a portrait taken for the 13th of April 1977 issue of the Australian newspaper; 1 colored photograph from Sharma’s implication as a respondent to a symposium in 1996, attached to a letter that offers context; 3 colored photograph taken in 1996 at the International Congress of Vedanta; an instant still photography taken at least after 1962; 2 colored photographs from his inauguration speech at the 1982’s ‘India Week’; 3 colored photographs from his participation to the 1996 India International Centre’s symposium; 3 colored photographs, taken at least during the 90s or the early 2000s, of himself in a theatre with friends and alone; 2 colored photographs from 1997 of Sharma seated with 17 guests in what seems like a seminar presentation; and 2 undated, colored photographs of a visit Sharma had in an Asian country attached to a letter that offers very minimal context.

Subseries documents Sharma’s professional activities through a 25 page CV, 13 recommendation letters for his application to Harvard’s PhD program and 2 recommendation letters for a position in Northeastern University’s Department of Philosophy and Religion in 1967 and a position Williams College’s Department of Religion in 1978, respectively.

Subseries contains private papers of Sharma, including financial records, properties, martial documents, and personal legal records.