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The paper deals with the strategies, issues and challenges faced during the survey for the digital
preservation of Mahayana Buddhist manuscripts of Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh, the abode
of various colourful tribes is notable for its tribal history and cultural heritage. There are more than
twenty-six major tribes and hundred sub tribes. Out of which, half a dozen of tribes profess living
Buddhism- both Theravada and Mahayana forms. In the present scenario, it is estimated that only in
Tawang monastery there are more than five thousand rare Buddhist manuscripts that contains knowledge
on religion, philosophy, medicine, Lord Buddha’s original preaching’s etc. Besides there are at least
five dozens of old Mahayana monasteries in Arunachal Pradesh where hundreds of Buddhist manuscripts
are preserved written in Bodic script. The present paper is the project outcome, taken by the author
with the help of National Mission for Manuscripts carries out the methodologies used in a long and
effort-intensive process, the software used in this effort by the Mission, developed by National
Informatics Centre (NIC), is Manus Granthavali. |
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