“300 year-old Ahilya Kamadhenu manuscript found in Indore; Reveals Holkar Maharani’s vision for good governance”, Organiser, July 27, 2026
“Nearly three centuries after it was written, a forgotten manuscript celebrating the statecraft of Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar has emerged from private custody, offering historians an extraordinary opportunity to better understand one of India’s greatest women rulers.
The approximately 1,500-page manuscript in Marathi language, titled Ahilya Kamadhenu, has been identified under the Centre’s Gyan Bharatam Mission, an ambitious nationwide initiative to locate, preserve and digitise India’s manuscript heritage.
According to reports, the manuscript remained safely preserved for nearly 14 generations by descendants of the Holkar state’s traditional Rajpurohit family (royalty’s officiating priestly family) in Indore before coming to light during the ongoing manuscript survey……”
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