As already mentioned in Punjab Tour 1, most of VVRI, Hoshiarpur’s Texts are now at DAV College. – photocopies of these transferred texts are still available though.

The Sadhu Ashram Campus is actually hosting 2 Institutions one is a College part of Punjab University and the Other is the Publication Wing and may be research also.

Some Snaps I took from there Manuscript Collection and Book Library:

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Noteworthy was this Text Samucchaya Sara which seems to be written by Kalhana Son of Vilhan – is this the Same Kalhana the famous Author of Raja Tarangini – the First Work of History Proper from India.

Illustrations from the same Composite Manuscript  on Veterinary Sciences:

We found this Text R.K. Kaw’s PhD on Pratyabhijna, possibly the First PhD on Kashmir Shaivism:

This a 1794 Text A Narrative of the Operations of Captain Little’s Detachment And of the Mahratta Army Commanded by Purseram Bhow …

The Single most important takeaway from Hoshiarpur was the fact that all Manuscrips have been digitized. We are planning to approach management to allow us to put them online for them. I hope the Universe will assist us in this.