It is very shocking to hear that the 450 years old
palm-leaf manuscript of Kautilya’s Arthashastra which is now in Mysore’s Oriental
Research Institute (ORI) is in highly neglected state.
As reported in Times of India, dated Aug 25, 2012,
Mysore Edition, this manuscript, which is under the custodian of University of
Mysore is the reproduction of the original work.
Thanks to Mr. Subbaiah who has taken initiative to
preserve the only manuscript of Arthashastra by digitization. This may also
help make reach this manuscript to those who are interested to read this.
An official in the ORI has stated that “If we get
expertise in digitization, we are ready for it. Thanks, but why wait for
somebody to come in? Are the officials not aware of the improvements in the technology?
I could find millions of books, right from which are of no use to those which
are most valuable being digitized and found on the internet.
However, digitization will save only the contents
of the manuscript. Great care should be taken to preserve palm-leaf as well.
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