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The objectives of CIHTS are to preserve the Tibetan Culture and Tradition; to preserve ancient Indian sciences and literature preserved in the Tibetan language, but lost its original; to offer an alternate educational facility to students of Indian border areas who formerly availed the opportunity of receiving higher education in Tibet; and to accomplish gains of teaching and scope of research in traditional subjects in a framework of the modern university system of education with the provision for award of degrees in Tibetan studies.

Keeping in view the importance of publishing research works on Buddhology and Tibetology in accordance with the objectives of the Institute as one of the principal means for propagating and promoting the Buddhist and Tibetan studies, the Institute introduced its own publications. Initially CIHTS commenced its publishing works with two booklets of seminar papers in 1972 but regular publication work was started in 1983.

CIHTS publishes mainly the research materials of restoration, translation, original writings and critically edited works in the subject field dominated by Buddhist and Tibetan studies. The Publications are brought out in Sanskrit, Hindi, Tibetan, Pali and English or in multilingual form, which may consist of two or more languages as mentioned above.

The main sources of materials for CIHTS Publications is the research work of the projects launched by the Institute itself. But it also accepts certain similar kind of research works by eminent scholars. Most of the books published so far are of having high standard and great research value for advanced studies in Tibetology and Buddhology.

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