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Bengal: Visva-Bharati’s Mahabharata manuscripts enter UNESCO Memory of the World regional register

Santiniketan, Nov 10 (UNI) A rare collection of Mahabharata manuscripts preserved at Bengal's prestigious Visva-Bharati University's (VBU) Lipika Manuscriptorium has been inscribed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) Regional Register in November 2026.
The university announced the recognition on its official social media page, stating that the Rajatarangini of Kalhana, the Mahabharata and the Arthashastra of Kautilya had been included in the regional register.
In an official statement, VBU said its Lipika Library preserved a complete manuscript of the Karna Parva of the Mahabharata, written on palm leaves around 300 years ago and attributed to sage Vyasadev.
The library also houses manuscripts of other chapters of the epic in Sanskrit and Bengali, making the collection an important repository of the different textual traditions of the Mahabharata.
The Karna Parva, which recounts the final battles and death of Karna, is considered one of the most significant holdings in the collection. The palm-leaf manuscript is among the university's prized archival treasures.
The UNESCO recognition places the collection on an international platform and acknowledges its importance as part of the region's documentary heritage.
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