The Return of the Sacred? In a historic moment for cultural heritage management, the Wellcome Collection in London announced a commitment to return over 2,000 rare Jain manuscripts to the global Jain community. Believed to be the largest collection of Jain manuscripts held outside South Asia, the texts span four centuries, from the 15th to the 19th century. Written in Prakrit, Sanskrit, Gujarati, Rajasthani, and early Hindi scripts, the archive covers a vast expanse of […]