Study of Manuscripts in Garhwal region and their conservation strategies

Abstract

Manuscripts are the handwritten documents used by the people in ancient time to record their views and experiences. They have cultural and historical importance as artists and scientist study such manuscripts to get knowledge about our past civilization and cultural history. People in ancient time had knowledge of preparing such material which can be used as manuscript and can be conserving for a long time. Present contribution is made to collect manuscripts from Garhwal region and to know how they are used and preserved successfully.

Keywords

• Conservation
• importance
• manuscripts
• material
• preservation