Bhandarkar Report 1904
BHANDAKAR REPORT on the search of Prākṛit and Saṃskṛit manuscripts 1904 [61 of 69]
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61. As regards the Central Provinces the Inspector- General had in 1876 reported as follows: —
“I do not for a moment believe that many manuscripts in addition to those already catalogued exist in the Central Provinces. Even their [of Professors Kielhorn and Bühler] learning and activity would, I am afraid, fail to detect manuscripts of value in these rudely rustic Provinces, where, in some places, a bamboo guitar is esteemed a treasure, bows and arrows weapons not to be despised, and the people are not Hindus, still less Brāhmans."
The Chief Commissioner had on that occasion expressed his agreement with the Inspector-General and added that he feared that few Sanskrit manuscripts of any value were likely to be found in those Provinces, which were almost wholly wanting in a literary class.
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