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1. EAP813/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP813/3
Title:
Manuscripts from the Buddhist Temple of Zurgan Debe Village, Selenginskii Raion, Republic of Buryatia
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts were handed down to the local Buddhist temple in the 1990s. Before that they used to be a property of local families that preserved them in the 1930s. Later, in early 2000s they were first handed down to the Zurgan Debe middle school and a few years ago, when a dugan was opened i...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Buriat, Mongolian, and Tibetan
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
212 TIFF images

2. EAP813/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP813/5
Title:
Manuscripts from Atsagatskii Datsan (gandan Darzhaling), Village Atsagat, Zaigrayevskii Raion, Republic of Buryatia
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts most probably belonged to Shuluutskii datsan. In the 1930s, when the datsan was demolished, some books from its library were preserved by local families of Atsagat village. The collection contains the manuscripts which have been copied in the Soviet period.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Buriat, Mongolian, and Tibetan
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
370 TIFF images

3. EAP813/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP813/7
Title:
Manuscripts from the Village of Kizhinga, Ul. Kommunisticheskaya, 38/2, Kizhinginskii Raion, Republic of Buryatia
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts belong to a private library of lama Rinchin Buyantuev. He inherited it from his grandfather Gombo Shoinzhonov who was a lama of Chesan monastery until the 1930s. Later he lived with his family in Kizhinga village.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Buriat, Mongolian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Undetermined
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
413 TIFF images