Three Indian texts, the Rājataraṅgiṇī, the Mahābhārata and the Arthaśāstra, have been inscribed on UNESCO’s MOWCAP Regional Register. (Photos: X)
\n\nRajatarangini, Mahabharata and Arthashastra have been inscribed on the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) Regional Register of UNESCO.
\n\nThe Ministry of Culture shared the news on X, calling it “a proud moment for India’s cultural and literary heritage”. The ministry also wrote, “This recognition celebrates India's rich legacy of historical documentation, literary excellence, philosophical knowledge traditions that continue to inspire generations across the world.”
\n\nMOWCAP maintains the Asia-Pacific register and covers 43 countries. In 2024, the Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra and Sahrdayaloka-Locana were included in the same register.
\n\nThe nominated manuscript of Kalhaṇa’s Rajatarangini, a 12th-century chronicle of Kashmir, is preserved at the Oriental Research Library, Srinagar. It is one of the rare surviving Sanskrit works that qualify as true historical writing (itihāsa-grantha), weaving royal genealogies, political events and Kashmir’s cultural life into poetic form. Written in Śāradā script on old Kashmiri paper, it is a direct copy of the lost archetype codex and the closest surviving link to the original. It also played a pivotal role in Marc Aurel Stein’s critical edition.
\n\nThe Arthashastra, composed…
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