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June 06, 2005: India Creates Database of Ancient Manuscripts
"Close to 10,000 researchers armed with MA degrees in Sanskrit, Literature or History are marching to institutions, libraries and villages to document an estimated 25 lakh ancient manuscripts. Leading this nationwide project to document details like material, script, language, subject, place of availability and number of pages is the National Mission for Manuscripts of the Department of Culture."
