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November 01, 2005: India Actively Preserving its Historical Manuscripts

"Nearly 75,000 manuscripts, centuries old, are housed at L D Institute of Indology here. While these manuscripts were till recently preserved using traditional methods, the institute has now built a laboratory for treating some of the damaged ones. It is also approaching people, monasteries, temples and madrasas so as to collect and preserve the ancient treasure."

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