The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI),
Pune, Maharashtra opened an e-library of ancient religious and
historical works. Nearly 1,000 digitised rare books and manuscripts
in Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali are presently available for readers
worldwide. BORI is named after legendary Indologist Ramkrishna Gopal
Bhandarkar, was set up in 1917 and has in its possession nearly 2.5
lakh rare books and manuscripts. Which is South Asia’s largest and
most invaluable collection of rare manuscripts.
