Yungdrung Bön Library Collection, Menri Monastery, Dolanji, India

A collection of Bön manuscripts and tsakali held at Yungdrung Library, Menri Monastery in Dolanji. Unfortunately, it was not possible for the cataloguing of this project was not completed. Known copies of manuscripts have been removed but there may still be some duplication within the 164 files. If you are able to provide more information about this content, please email endangeredarchives@bl.uk. Custodial history: The original material has been consolidated in the recently-constructed Yungdrung Library, which was completed in 2007. Manuscripts relating to Bön, the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet, held by the Yungdrung Library of Menri Monastery in India, consist largely of ancient objects that narrowly escaped destruction in the Cultural Revolution (1966-69). Arrangement: No known system of arrangement.