Nepalese ms destruction

[Jonathan Silk]

>, the
>burning of the Sanskrit college in Nepal with its estimated 12,000
>uncataloged manuscripts,


What?!

With fear and trepedation: details please!

PS: briefly: my note was not intended as a request for less such
information, but only directed against (my perceived) widening of the
discussion into one of general cultural trends, and the consequent
redirection of the discussion away from Indology and Indological
matters.
--
Jonathan Silk
Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
Center for Buddhist Studies
UCLA
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