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The gold scripted manuscripts were written in Bu-kan script on seperate wooden blocks. The manuscripts weigh almost 40kgs with a length of 4 feet and width of 2.5 feet.Report: Amit Chakraborty The manuscripts are presently the only existing Buddhist scriptures that explain Pragya (knowledge) and Paramitha (upliftment) dates back to almost 1500 years. KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday filed a suo moto case involving "lack of preservation" of rare Buddhist manuscripts dating back to more than 1500 years.Seeking the response from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Indian Museum management, the court directed officials concered to appear before court on April 28.Earlier, CBI officials informed the court that the manuscripts were saved from the clutch of smugglers, who had planned to sale the same to a collector of Japan. "The recovered artifacts were kept at the Kalimpong Court and since then manuscripts have been lying at the Court storehouse," CBI told court.This comes after a newspaper report got High Court's attenction and also based on the instruction from Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Justice Nishitha Matre a Suo Moto case was filed regarding the matter.The Goithongpa manuscripts written in golden script were discovered by investigators probing the theft of the Nobel Medal of Rabindranath Tagore..