Ashoka Pillar, Sarnath
Edicts XXIV
Imperial Brahmi inscription with Prakrit prose and edict ordering welfare programs. Includes bilingual Greek-Aramaic comparisons.
Curated Gallery
Explore exemplar inscriptions selected for their palaeographic significance. Each entry includes a descriptive essay, transcriptional layers, and bibliographic references. Use filters to zero in on chronology, region, material, or language.
Amaravati Stupa Slab
Buddhist Donor Register
Early Prakrit inscription recording donor names, blending Brahmi and emergent regional glyphs with iconographic reliefs.
Prasat Thom, Koh Ker
Old Khmer Stela
Sanskrit and Old Khmer bilingual inscription with Pallava-influenced glyphs adapted for Khmer phonology.
Polonnaruwa Vatadage
Sinhala Chronicle
Compact Sinhala inscription detailing royal endowments with embedded grantha ligatures for Sanskrit terminology.
Pagan, Myanmar
Old Burmese Slab
Transitional inscription showcasing the shift from Mon to Burmese script forms within royal edicts.
Lhasa Manuscript
Tibetan Canon Leaf
Illuminated sutra page with Uchen script, gold ink, and iconographic margins detailing the lives of translators.
Annotation Stack
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Collaboration
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Digitization Workflow
From field recording to publication, our workflow ensures reproducibility and scholarly rigor. Protocols include micro-CT scanning for weathered inscriptions and on-site audio documentation of oral histories tied to each artifact.
- 1. Capture raw imagery (visible spectrum, IR, UV, RTI).
- 2. Process and align scans; generate 3D meshes for relief.
- 3. Transcribe using TEI-XML templates with palaeographic markup.
- 4. Peer review by regional epigraphists; publish via library API.
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