Published On:Sunday, 21 September 2014
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1000-year-old palm leaf manuscripts on Buddha’s life yet to be deciphered
ALLAHABAD: A treasure trove of 1000-year-old palm leaves manuscripts related to the life of Lord Gautam Buddha and around two lakh documents revealing 180 years of history of erstwhile princely Rampur State are still awaiting to get deciphered here at regional archive office (RAO) even after a gap of 60 years.
The palm leaves and hand-made paper manuscripts around 200 in numbers were recently put in an exhibition at a school here by the RAO but their contents could not be known as the visitors did not know about the language of the manuscripts.
"Efforts on the part of the government to decipher the language are lacking. Neither the officials nor academicians visiting here had any knowledge of the contents put on the display. If deciphered, the manuscripts may threw light on the life thousands of years back," said one of the event organiser. See full History...!
The palm leaves and hand-made paper manuscripts around 200 in numbers were recently put in an exhibition at a school here by the RAO but their contents could not be known as the visitors did not know about the language of the manuscripts.
"Efforts on the part of the government to decipher the language are lacking. Neither the officials nor academicians visiting here had any knowledge of the contents put on the display. If deciphered, the manuscripts may threw light on the life thousands of years back," said one of the event organiser. See full History...!
