Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra and
Sahridayalok-Lokan in the ‘Memory
of the World Asia-Pacific Regional
Register’
Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra
and Sahridayalok-Lokan have been
included in UNESCO's Memory of
the World Asia-Pacific Regional
Register.
Professor Ramesh Chandra Gaur,
Indira Gandhi National Center for
the Arts was instrumental in
securing their inclusion during the
10th meeting of the Memory of the
World Committee for Asia and the
Pacific MOWCAP in Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia.
This is the first time that IGNCA has
submitted a nomination to the
regional register since its inception
in 2008. UNESCO's 'Memory of the
World (MOW) Asia-Pacific Regional
Register' was established by
UNESCO in 1992. The Asia-Pacific
Regional Committee (MOWCAP)
was established in 1998.
Ramcharitmanas was composed by
Goswami Tulsidas, Panchatantra
was composed by Pandit Vishnu
Sharma and Sahridayalok-Lokan
was composed by Acharya
Anandvardhan.
Other Asian works [20]
Australia and Tuvalu - Funafuti: The
Edgeworth David 1897 Expedition
Documents.
Bangladesh – "Sultana's Dream" by
Rokeya S. Husain.
China – Archives related to
Chengdu traditional teahouses,
Huizhou Genealogical Archives,
printing blocks housed in the Derge
Printing House.
Indonesia – Indarung I, the first
cement plant in Southeast Asia
(1910–1972), Archives of the
Indonesian Sugar Research
Institute 1887–1986 and the Tambo
Tuanku Imam Bonjol Manuscript.
Malaysia - Al-Tarikh Salasilah
Negeri Kedah: Genealogical History
of the State of Kedah, Royal
Correspondence of Baginda Omar
(Surat Persendirian Baginda Omar).
Mongolia – Family chart of the
hereditary kings of the Khalkha
Mongols, home of Genghis Khan,
Mongolia's first postage stamp
'Eldev Ochir'.
Philippines – Doctrina Cristiana en
Lengua Española y Tagala
(Christian Doctrine in Spanish and
Tagalog), Manila, 1593, Hinilawod
epic chant recording.
Uzbekistan – Images of the
Khorezm Oasis by Khudabergan
Devanov (1879–1937), "Turkistan
Album" 1871–1872.
Vietnam – Bas-reliefs on nine
bronze vases in the Huế Imperial
Palace.
