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Why Saving Old Books Matters for Our Future? 📚

The foreign affairs minister says protecting ancient books is an investment in India's knowledge.

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Key Points

4 points

Preserving manuscripts helps keep traditional knowledge alive.

Digitising them makes the information easy for students and researchers.

Collaboration with other countries brings back lost cultural items.

Combining tradition with technology supports India's progress.

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These manuscripts contain old health tips and stories that can teach us today.

Modern tools like computer scanning and smart programs will copy and share them.

India also works with other nations to return important cultural objects to their homes.

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9 words

manuscript

a handwritten document from the past

preservation

the act of keeping something safe and unchanged

intellectual

related to ideas, learning, and thinking

heritage

cultural treasures and traditions passed down through generations

restitution

the process of returning objects to their original country

digitisation

converting paper records into electronic files

artificial intelligence

computer systems that can learn and make decisions

cataloguing

creating organized lists of items for easy reference

Samhita Initiative

a program that spreads ancient knowledge worldwide

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