BORI launched e-library of rare books, manuscripts

BORI launched e-library of rare books, manuscripts

News:

e-library of rare books launched in Pune.

Facts:

• The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI), which houses one of South Asia’s largest and most invaluable agglomeration of rare manuscripts launched an e-library of ancient religious and historical works.
• Over 3,000 rare and near-extinct books and manuscripts, written in Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali, will be housed in digital library
• The institute, named after legendary Indologist Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, was set up in 1917
• The National Mission for Manuscripts has recognised BORI as the Manuscript Resource Centre in the country. So far, as many as 12,000 of the total manuscripts have been scanned and preserved.