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Preserving the Manuscript Heritage for Posterity: An Evaluative Examination of Manuscript Conservation Efforts in Maharashtra, India

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dc.contributor.author Vijay, Srinath Kanchi
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-10T07:17:15Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-10T07:17:15Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.citation Vijay, Srinath Kanchi (2023), Preserving the Manuscript Heritage for Posterity: An Evaluative Examination of Manuscript Conservation Efforts in Maharashtra, India, 5th International conference on Library and Information Management, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Science, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/27229
dc.description.abstract The geo-cultural landmass of the Indian subcontinent was the fountainhead of an illustrious civilization that held sway over greater part of the world economically, culturally and intellectually for well over two millennia. This great civilization of the ancient world produced enormous literature on virtually every subject under the sun which was enshrined in manuscripts and transmitted to generations after generations. However, owing subjugation of people of this region by invading cultures for several centuries as well as ushering and transitioning into the new world, the local populace of this region lost interest in preserving their cultural heritage and so, the manuscript wealth in these countries took a bad hit. Several hundreds of thousands of manuscripts were lost to the pilferage and arson of the invading forces as well as ravages of time in the last couple of centuries. Of late, thankfully, there is a renaissance and ‘waking up’ in these countries about their ‘forgotten heritage’ and the governments, institutions and individuals are taking renewed interest in the preservation of their cultural heritage. The present paper describes a first of its kind research about the conservation activities of the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM), a government of India initiative and its partner centres in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This study may be replicated to know the current state of affairs of manuscripts in other parts of the world as well. en_US
dc.publisher Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Cultural heritage, manuscript custodianship, maharashtra, manuscript conservation. en_US
dc.title Preserving the Manuscript Heritage for Posterity: An Evaluative Examination of Manuscript Conservation Efforts in Maharashtra, India en_US


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