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11th-Century 'Jnana-Kaustubha-Vimarsha' Manuscript Discovered in Rural Mewar Vault Reshapes History of Medieval Epistemology

📅 April 13, 2026 📰 Heritage Daily India
11th-Century 'Jnana-Kaustubha-Vimarsha' Manuscript Discovered in Rural Mewar Vault Reshapes History of Medieval Epistemology

Archaeologists and philologists have announced the recovery of a significant 11th-century manuscript titled 'Jnana-Kaustubha-Vimarsha' from a forgotten stone vault in rural Mewar. The text, written in a sophisticated regional variation of the Devanagari script, provides an extensive critique of early medieval theories of cognitive validity and the nature of truth-claims within the Navya-Nyaya school of logic.

The manuscript is notable for its detailed exploration of the "Logic of Inherent Contradiction," offering a previously unknown framework for resolving paradoxes in sensory perception. Researchers believe this find bridges a critical gap in our understanding of how Indian logic transitioned into the complex dialectical structures of the late medieval period, influencing both philosophical and legal reasoning across the subcontinent.

Original source: Heritage Daily India