Sendai University was established in 1967. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1879. In February 2013, the Pāli Text Society, Sendai University, and the
University of Toronto, along with local partners, began an ongoing initiative to digitise and catalogue
Myanmar's palm-leaf manuscripts, including collections from
U Pho Thi Library in
Thaton, and
Bagaya Monastery in Inwa. The digitised manuscripts are available at the
open-access Myanmar Manuscript Digital Library. ==Organization==