Three Ancient Indian Manuscripts Added to UNESCO Register
UNESCO has added the Mahabharata, Arthashastra and Rajatarangini manuscripts to its regional memory register. The register is meant to protect important written records, and Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat called the move a landmark for India's documents and history.
Context
Context: The UNESCO Memory of the World programme records documents seen as important to humanity, and its regional registers cover records from particular areas. The Arthashastra is an ancient text on statecraft, the Mahabharata is a major epic, and Rajatarangini is a 12th-century history of Kashmir.
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