PRAYAGRAJ, May 16 -- The process of digitising centuries-old rare documents preserved in the regional archives department here in Prayagraj has started, with the Uttar Pradesh Development System Corporation Limited (UPDESCO) being entrusted with the task.

As part of the task planned in a phased manner, over a thousand volumes of the records of Jonathan Duncan, who was a resident of East India Company in the court of Raja of Banaras, will be digitised in the first phase.

According to Rakesh Kumar Verma, technical assistant at the regional archives department, the documents in the Duncan series date from 1785 to1795 and have been preserved in the office.

At present, barcodes have been installed on over a hundred documents of Duncan repor...