In a move that has surprised many across South Asia, Pakistan has begun reintroducing Sanskrit into its university curriculum, more than seven decades after Partition, signalling a renewed academic interest in the region’s ancient intellectual traditions. The initiative, led by a top private university in Lahore, also includes plans to eventually offer structured studies on the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata. Advertisement

The revival marks a rare moment of engagement with a classical language that once formed the backbone of philosophical, literary and scientific thought across the subcontinent, including areas that today lie within Pakistan.

A return after 1947

The four-credit Sanskrit course, launched at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), is the first formal reintr

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