Kenneth X. Robbins is a psychiatrist, collector of south Asian art, and author known for his studies of expatriate communities in Asia. In 1990, Robbins donated a collection of materials relating to India to the

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.Kenneth X. Robbins Collection & Papers, 1927-1947.
Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 7 September 2015. He received his B.A. from

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in 1963 and M.D. from the

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Selected publications

*"The Sculpture of India, 3000 B.C.-1300 A.D." in ''

Arts of Asia ''Arts of Asia'', founded in 1970, is the foremost international magazine of Asian arts and antiques, and has the largest circulation of any Asian art magazine. It is published four times a year, and is distributed to 90 countries. Supported ...

'', 15:5, pp. 100–9. (1985) *''Maharajas, nawabs & other princes beyond number- from the Robbins Collection of the Indian princely states: Exhibition guide''. Golden Lotus Press, 1991. *''African Elites in India: Habshi Amarat''. Mapin Publishing, 2006. (Editor with John McLeod) *''Western Jews in India: From the Fifteenth Century to the Present''. Manohar Publishers, 2013. (Editor with

Marvin Tokayer Marvin Tokayer (born 1936) is an American Rabbi and author who served as a United States Air Force chaplain in Japan. He was later advised by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to return to Japan where he served for eight years as the only rabbi in the country. ...

) *''Jews and the Indian National Art Project''. Niyogi Books, 2015. (Editor with Marvin Tokayer)

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Kenneth X. Robbins discussing African Elites in India at the Library of Congress.
Living people American psychiatrists American non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) American art collectors American philatelists {{US-psychiatrist-stub Columbia College (New York) alumni New York University Grossman School of Medicine alumni