A joint diplomatic mission between Ulaanbaatar and New Delhi has resulted in the digital repatriation of over 200 Sanskrit manuscripts hidden for centuries in a remote Mongolian monastery. Among the collection, scholars have identified a complete copy of the 'Pramana-Samhara', a lost 12th-century treatise on the 'Philosophy of Refutation' that was thought to have perished during the decline of the Nalanda University.
The text provides a rigorous defense of Nyaya logic against early medieval skepticism, detailing 32 distinct forms of 'Socratic-style' questioning used in ancient Indian philosophical debates. This discovery is expected to reshape the history of Asian logic, proving that Indian dialectical traditions were far more influential in the northern Silk Road regions than previously documented.