Re: Reply to Skilling (Fragile Palm Leaves MS controversy)

Dear Eisel,

In reference to how Pali mss from Asia ended up in European collections, I
came across something of interest in K.R. Norman's A Philological Approach
to Buddhism (PTS, 2006) on page 6:

"After the conquest of Upper Burma in 1885 a large part of the royal library
at Mandalay came to England. It is unfortunate that the complete holdings of
the library were not sent, for those manuscripts which did not reach England
at that time have been lost."

No explanation is given as to how the remaining mss came to be lost.

Best wishes,
Jim


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