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Kathmandu Saturday May 26, 2001 Jestha 13, 2058.
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TU to introduce Buddhist studies
Post Report
KATHMANDU, May 25 - A separate department is
being developed for Buddhist Studies in Tribhuwan University, said Dr Nareshman
Bajracharya, the corordinator of Post-Graducate Diploma in Buddhist Studies.
"We have prepared the proposals and are
going soon for the necessary administrative process," he said, while presenting a
paper on academic importance of Buddhist Studies in Higher Educaion.
Presently, the newly developed faculty is
running under the Central Department of Nepali Culture, History and Archaeology.
Dr Bajracharya said that developing an
institution for Buddhist Studies in Nepal is of great importance because this is the
birthplace of Lord Buddha and there is a plenty of Buddhist manuscripts and inscriptions
and it makes a major part of the country’s art, culture and architecture.
He said the government of Nepal has not shown
interest to studies, research and publication of such ancient treasure of Buddhist
manuscripts.
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