Classical Languages

The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India has established the Center of Excellence for Studies in various classical languages at the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.

This Research Centre will work on various schemes and activities identified by the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, which includes research, documentation, propagation and teaching of the language. This Center will also coordinate such work undertaken by the individuals, institutions in the States/UTs of India and abroad and provide linkages to studies in other classical languages in the world. The functions of the Research Centre are to :

• Identify sources of the classical language.
• Promote, propagate and preserve the classical language inside and outside its own speech territory.
• Undertake and encourage research and documentation in India and abroad.
• Procure manuscripts and undertake digitization.
• Publish books related to classical languages.
• Make documentaries of living scholars of eminence who are well-versed in classical texts.
• Create avenues for interdisciplinary research involving related studies of numismatics, epigraphy, archaeology and ancient history.
• Explore linkages of classical language with classical music and dance forms.
• Link classical languages and modem technology.
• Encourage epistemological research that links cultural repository of the classical language with those of world's ancient civilizations
• Create Classical language Chairs in various Indian Universities.
• Coordinate the work on Indian Classical Languages by providing linkages and dissemination of the information.