Archive · 13 Dec 2025
Pakistan Reintroduces Sanskrit in University Curriculum
Pakistan has started teaching Sanskrit in a university in Lahore.
This is the first time since 1947 that Sanskrit is being formally taught in Pakistan.
The university also plans to teach the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata as part of literature, philosophy, and history studies.
There are many old Sanskrit writings in Pakistan that have not been studied much.
Some people are happy about this new course, while others are not sure if it is important.
The university says that studying old languages helps us understand our past better.
Pakistan reintroduces Sanskrit in the university curriculum after 70 years.
LUMS in Lahore offers a 4-credit Sanskrit course, with plans for courses on the Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata.
The initiative aims to reclaim shared heritage and understand regional history.
Pakistan has thousands of Sanskrit manuscripts that remain under-researched.
The move has sparked debate, with supporters seeing it as a confidence in plural intellectual traditions and critics questioning its relevance.
- Who
- Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
- What
- Reintroducing Sanskrit in the university curriculum
- When
- Recently, with plans for future courses
- Where
- Pakistan, specifically Lahore
- Why
- To reclaim shared heritage and understand regional past
- University
- Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
- Course
- Sanskrit
- Credits
- 4
- Future Plans
- Courses on Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata
- Manuscripts
- Thousands of Sanskrit manuscripts in Pakistan
- Goal
- Develop local Sanskrit scholars
