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specialized in Prakrit, so that the Department both in its research and instructional activities becomes fully efficient.
(2) Some arrangement for training young scholars be made for editing Prakrit and Apabhramsha texts and for a critical study of the same. It is for U.G.C. to make available sufficient funds for this purpose.
(3) Certificate and Diploma courses be started at various Universities in Pali, Prakrit and Apabhramsha for graduates of other disciplines.
(4) An Advanced Centre of Prakrit Studies be established at an early date.
(5) With financial support from the U.G.C. certain short-term arrangements like summer schools be made for training scholars in the methodology of research in Prakrit. A starting can be made as follows:
(i) Editing of Prakrit Manuscripts. (ii) Lexicography. (iii) Teaching classical languages like Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit and
Apabhramsha. (iv) A number of doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships for special
study of Prakrit and Pali at select Universities.
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