Sanskrit, the ancient Indian language, is making its way back to Pakistan classrooms for the first time since partition in 1947.

According to a report by The Tribune , Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) launched a four-credit course in the classical language after a three-month weekend workshop received strong interest from students and scholars. Also Read | Sanskrit can be used for coding: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta

Pakistan has one of the richest, yet most neglected, Sanskrit archives at the Punjab University library, said Dr Ali Usman Qasmi, Director of the Gurmani Centre.

“A significant collection of Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscripts was catalogued in the 1930s by scholar JCR Woolner, but no Pakistani academic has engaged with this collection since 1947. Only foreign re

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