[INDOLOGY] Repatriation of rare Nepalese documents

[Lavanya Vemsani]

Wow, remarkable feat! appreciate all the hard work the team had put in to make this a success. Congratulations to Axel Michaels, and the team and everyone involved. 
Thanks all, 
Lavanya 
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> On Apr 28, 2026, at 10:06 AM, Michaels, Prof. Dr. Axel via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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> Dear friends and colleagues,
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> attached you find a report and an article on the Handover Ceremony of the Josef Peter Rindfleisch Collection. We are very pleased that this 8-years struggle for the repatriation of the collection has come to a satisfactory end. 
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> Our thanks go to many individuals and institutions for their manifold support, especially to the Nepalese and German embassies—namely His Excellency Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Sagar Phuyal and Ambassador Udo Volz—as well as to Heidelberg University, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Heidelberg University Library.
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> Best wishes from the team Dres. Manik Bajracharya, Rajan Khatiwoda, Ramhari Timalsina u.a.
> Axel Michaels
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> <Nepal Manuscripts Return Home After Conservation in Heidelberg-280426.docx>
> <Ein einzigartiger Schatz[1].pdf>
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