| Kaiser Library | |
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| केशर पुस्तकालय | |
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| 27°42′50″N 85°18′54″E / 27.714°N 85.315°E | |
| Location | Kantipath, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Established | 1907 |
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| Size | about 50,000 [citation needed] |
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| Website | www |
The Kaiser Library is a government-run public library in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is located in the Keshar Mahal palace complex. The library was established in 1907 by the then Prime Minister of Nepal, Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana for his son, Kaiser (Keshar) Shumsher Rana. The library hosts some rare and ancient books on Buddhism, Tantrism and astrology. Some are written on palm-leaf manuscript. The books include a 1,100-year-old copy of the Sushruta Samhita,[1] an ancient Sanskrit text on medicine listed in UNESCO's international Memory of the World Register.[2] This manuscript is now the subject of an international research project.[3]
Beside books, the library also has paintings and other antique artifacts.[2]
- ^ "Relic of a legacy | Nepali Times Buzz". Nepali Times. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ a b "Nepal quake leaves century-old Kaiser library in ruins, over 9000 books damaged". Firstpost. 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ Wujastyk, Dominik (2021-11-08). "The Sushruta Project". The Sushruta Project.