Since its inception in 1996, the department is making
efforts to collect all kinds of manuscripts and protect them to know our past.
The activity involves four stages: 1. Collecting the Manuscripts 2. Editing 3.
Studying and 4. Publishing. Now the department has plans to digitalize the
present and also the future collection. The department has in its collection
more than 3,000 valuable manuscripts written in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu,
Malayalam, Marati and Sanskrit. The collection includes valuable works like
Nannis Bharata Halayudha Stora, Kumara Sambhava, Shivadhikya Ratnavli, and
interpretation of Magha Kavya.
Rare manuscripts like Sanskrit language but Kannada script; Kannada language
but Telugu script; Telugu language Kannada script are also in the collection
and some of them are colorful, figurative.
These manuscripts are important in reconstructing the
history of not only Karnataka but of South India. Out of 3,000 manuscripts 800
manuscripts have been catalogued and published as a 2-volume descriptive
catalogue. The catalogue contains details about the scribe, script, writer,
the patron etc. We have published some of them in print form like Kumara
Ramana Sangatya, Vishnusharamana Panchatantra Kathegala Sara Sangra,
Tatvapadagalu, Svarava chanagalu, Jainu Haadugalu, Karasthala Sahitya, Haleya
Lavanigalu which were hitherto unavailable, Department also offers research
courses.
This
department has a collection of over 2000 different manuscripts and the process
of digitization of all the manuscripts is going on by this we can get the copy
of manuscripts in form of CD's and in human readable format
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1.
Telephone number/s: 0839 - 441337 Ext. 310, Fax : 0839 - 441334
2.
Indicate the date of establishment of the department : 1.12.1995
3.
The built up area of the department in
sq. m. : 300
4.
Name of the Head of the Department : Prof. A.V.Navada
5.
List the faculty with their designations, highest qualification, fields of
specialisation, years of experience, age
and sex, in the descending order of
seniority.