The present paper highlights the importance vis-à-vis plight of a traditional script Tankri of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. Through surveys in 70 villages that involved interviews with 550 residents, only one respondent was found to be versed in it. He uses an ancient manuscript named Jantri, scripted in Tankri, for prescribing medicines. Interactions and literature review revealed that Tankri was once a princely script of Chamba that now has no takers. Tankri originated from the Brahmic family of scripts and the Jantri holds information on uses of natural resources for curing human and animal related ailments. A total of 32 resources that include 24 of plant origin, 3 of animal origin, and 5 minerals were used for making formulations to cure a total of 13 diseases. Writing amulets in Tankri on tree bark using traditional ink was found to be a characteristic of the region. Unfortunately, the script is fast disappearing and so is the knowledge associated with it. Its disappearance would be a great loss to mankind. It is high time that conservation and decoding of such scripts is prioritized. Developing a database of knowledge holders and digitizing the information recorded in Tankri may be the starting point of this.

中文翻译：

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以Jantri的叶子作为传统药物-Tankri中的古老手稿

本文着重介绍了喜马al尔邦昌巴人传统剧本坦克里的困境。通过对70个村庄的调查，涉及对550名居民的采访，发现只有一位受访者精通该调查。他使用了一部名为《坦特里（Tantri）》的古老手稿来开药。互动和文献回顾表明，坦克里曾经是钱巴王子的剧本，现在没有收录者。Tankri起源于Brahmic脚本家族，Jantri拥有有关使用自然资源治疗人类和动物相关疾病的信息。总共32种资源（包括24种植物来源，3种动物来源和5种矿物质）被用于制备可治愈总共13种疾病的制剂。人们发现，使用传统墨水在坦克里（Tankri）的树皮上写护身符是该地区的特色。不幸的是，脚本正在迅速消失，与之相关的知识也在迅速消失。它的消失将对人类造成巨大损失。现在是对此类脚本的保存和解码进行优先级排序的时候了。建立知识持有者的数据库并数字化Tankri中记录的信息可能是此工作的起点。