Manuscripts of Kalhana's Rajatarangini, the Mahabharata and Kautilya's Arthashastra were added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register at the 11th MOWCAP session in Jakarta.
WHAT HAPPENED
Three Indian manuscripts were inscribed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) Regional Register at its 11th session in Jakarta, Indonesia.
KEY FACTS
- Rajatarangini: Kalhana's 12th-century chronicle of the kings of Kashmir.
- Mahabharata: a birch-bark manuscript held in Pune.
- Arthashastra: Kautilya's treatise on statecraft, a palm-leaf manuscript held in Mysuru.
- Total: India now has six entries in the Asia-Pacific Regional Register.
EXAM ANGLE
The Memory of the World Programme was started by UNESCO in 1992 to protect documentary heritage. Kalhana wrote the Rajatarangini in Sanskrit around 1148-49 CE.
SOURCE AND DATE
News reports of 6 and 7 November 2026. Added to this collection on 9 November 2026.