Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library is one of India’slargest Manuscripts libraries, with a history starting from 1908. The manuscriptscollection in the Palace Library of the Royal Dynasty of Travancore created thenucleus of this Institution. From there, it has grown … Read More
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Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library
Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library is one of India’s largest Manuscripts libraries, with a history starting from 1908. The manuscripts collection in the Palace Library of the Royal Dynasty of Travancore created the nucleus of this Institution. From there, it has grown into one of India’s most important manuscripts libraries by collecting different types of manuscripts from Kerala and other parts of India. This institution became part of the University of Travancore in 1940, and now it is one of the prestigious academic institutions and Indological Research Centre of the University of Kerala. The vast collection of manuscripts in the library attracts visitors world-wide. more …
The functions of this department include research activities, editing and publication of manuscripts and teaching-learning process. The Department publishes two prestigious journals, ‘The Journal of Manuscript Studies’, which is a UGC care listed journal and ‘Pracheena Kairali’. The other three series of publications of the Department include The Trivandrum Malayalam Series, The Trivandrum Sanskrit Series and The Trivandrum Tamil Series for editing and publishing manuscripts. more …
Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library – Brief History
Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library is one of India’slargest Manuscripts libraries, with a history starting from 1908. The manuscriptscollection in the Palace Library of the Royal Dynasty of Travancore created thenucleus of this Institution. From there, it has grown … Read More