Kolkata, Nov. 10 -- A 307-year-old palm-leaf manuscript containing a portion of the Mahabharata, which has been preserved at Visva-Bharati university in Santiniketan, was included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register, an official said on Tuesday.
The UNESCO register preserves and highlights documentary heritage of major cultural, historical, and scientific significance across the region.
The manuscript, comprising 221 folios, was transcribed by Haricharan Sharma and documents the Karna Parva, one of the 18 sections of the ancient Sanskrit epic traditionally attributed to sage Vyasa.
"UNESCO's Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register has included the 307-year-old manuscript. This recognition is expected...