Abstract

The word manuscript is derived from the Latin word manu, meaning by hand and scriber meaning to write. Thus any book or documents written by hand is called manuscripts. Manuscripts are original source of human history available on various kinds of media like stone, clay, palm leaves, bark, animal skin, cloth paper etc. Majuli is a largest island of India where have lots of Satras. The Satras preserve lots of manuscripts. Manuscripts are life-blood of history. The study of manuscripts is reveals the social, cultural, historical, artistic and aesthetic changes that have occurred in the course of development of civilization. Thus collecting and preserving of manuscripts is preserving the intellectual heritage.

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