"“In Jammu and Kashmir, we have a glorious history of 5000 years at our back. That is why the oldest manuscripts India presently possesses are a set of sixth century Buddhist texts, which were found buried in the hills of Kashmir 60 years ago. Our researchers have found rare ancient Sanskrit, Tibetan, Arabic and Persian treatises on number of subjects including ayurveda, diabetes, astrophysics, interpretation of dreams, surgical instruments, concepts of time and war techniques. We want to catalog and preserve all the precious subjects for the generations to come,” Zafar said."

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