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| J&K Archives department bags prestigious award for preserving unique Gilgit manuscripts | | | JAMMU | FEBRUARY 19
The Department of Archives, Archaeology and Museums of the state has been awarded with most prestigious award for preserving manuscripts with unique heritage value by National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) Union Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The Gilgit Manuscript (Sangahata-Sutra) written during 5th–6th century A.D. on Birch Bark and one of the rearest treasures of Sri Pratap Singh Museum Srinagar has been declared as one of the manuscript treasure of India amongst millions of identified manuscript in the country.
In this connection, a citation ceremony was organized by NMM on February 14, 2007 at New Delhi, presided over by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism, Smt. Ambika Soni.
Among 45 manuscripts across the country, declared by Expert Committee Gilgit Manuscript of J&K was one of the nominees awarded with declaration certificate, a memento and a cheque of Rs one lakh, received by Director Archives, Archaeology and Museums, Mr. Khursheed Ahmad Qadri.
The awarded amount shall be spent on the preservation of the said manuscript.
Addressing the function, Mr. Qadri said that from ancient times the manuscripts have been a great source of knowledge systems, passed down to the succeeding generation. He said with the development of script and writing material, these manuscript were written on different materials such as stone, copper plate, birch bark, palm leaf, animal shin, parchment and paper.
Mr. Qadri said that India has the oldest and biggest corpus of manuscripts in the world with destructive scripts and subjects. He said that to survey, document and preserve this rich cultural heritage for posterity, NMM, New Delhi has taken number of steps on national level and similar exercise is afoot at state level.
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