| Jammu and Kashmir’s historical and intellectual heritage has gained new international recognition as
India’s three manuscripts, including Mahabharata, Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, and Kautilya’s Arthashastra were included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register.
Of these, the Rajatarangini and the Mahabharata are directly linked to J&K’s knowledge tradition, Sharada script, and manuscript heritage.
Their inclusion in the prestigious UNESCO register brings international attention to J&K’s contribution to the preservation and transmission of ancient knowledge.
For centuries, J&K has remained an important centre of learning, philosophy, literature, spirituality and intel |