Hindu Rticle-Rig Veda in UNESCO list hailed

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Rig Veda in UNESCO list hailed

 

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesdaywelcomed the inclusion of the 3,000-

year-old manuscripts of the Rig Veda by UNESCO in its cultural list

for posterity.

 

" We welcome the development. Whenever items related to the cultural

heritage of India get recognition by the world, it bring happiness

to all countrymen, " Union Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni

told reporters.

 

She was referring to the Rig Veda manuscripts from the Bhandarkar

Oriental Research Institute, Pune, being selected for inscription in

UNESCO's " Memory of the World " Register 2007.

 

So far, India has three other nominations inscribed on the Register —

the I.A.S Tamil Medic Manuscript Collection (1997), Archives of the

Dutch East India Company (2003) and the Saiva Manuscripts in

Pondicherry (2005).

 

The Vedas are the first literary documents in the history of

humankind and transcend far beyond their identity as scriptures,

according to an official statement.

 

Out of the total number of 28,000 manuscripts housed at the

institute in Pune,30 manuscripts of the Rig Veda form a valuable

part of the collection. " These manuscripts are ofhigh value as

unique examples of the intellectual and cultural heritage not only

of India, but of the world, " it said.

 

The inclusion of the Rig Veda was recommended by the International

Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme meeting last

week in Pretoria, South Africa. The programme, launched in 1992 to

preserve and promote documentary heritage of global significance,

much of which is endangered, helps networks of experts to exchange

information and raise resources for preservation of, and access to,

documentary material. — PTI

 

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advaitin , " B VAIDYANATHAN " <vaidyanathiyer

wrote:

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> Rig Veda in UNESCO list hailed

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> NEW DELHI: India on Wednesdaywelcomed the inclusion of the 3,000-

> year-old manuscripts of the Rig Veda by UNESCO in its cultural list

> for posterity.

 

Namaste,

 

The sky described in the Veda is c 8000 BCE indicating a long oral

tradition at least. However the Egyptian Book of the Dead may in fact

be older to 10,000 BCE. These are really only recent civilisations on

the planet...Hu.