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A SHORT INTRODUCTION
TO
THE RAJASTHAN ORIENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
JODHPUR
The Government of Rajasthan established the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute in the year 1991 with the following aims and objects :
To explore and bring to light the ancient literature of Rajasthan and adjacent area as available in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsa, Rajasthani, Gujarati, Vraj, Hindi and other
regional languages. 2. To collect, preserve, compile, and carry out survey of original
source materials of ancient History and Culture of Rajasthan i.c. Architecture, Paintings, Arts, Inscriptions, Copper-plates,
Coins, Documents etc. 3. To collect old manuscripts and prepare their pen-copies,
microfilmed and photostat copies and sound records etc. 4. To organise a well equipped reference library of books use
ful and indispensable for research work in the field of Indology. To investigate, record, interpret and present clearly : (i) the varied folk-literature throwing light on public life
in Rajasthan. (ii) devotional and canonical literature embodied in the
lyrics of various religious sects. (iii) all sorts of material related to the social, cultural,
religious customs and secular practices. The Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute is the first of its kind to have been established by a State in India after independence. Valuable collections of manuscripts numbering about 70,000 written in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsa, Hindi, Rajasthani and Vraj langu
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