India, Jan. 7 -- Directorate of Epigraphy in Hebbal to digitise 75,000 rare inscriptions under BharatSHRI

Inscriptions of various kinds are vital sources for the creation and study of history. The Directorate of Epigraphy of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Hebbal Second Stage in Mysuru houses a vast repository of estampages - inked impressions of inscriptions - which is now being given a digital makeover.

Under the Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (BharatSHRI), a digital epigraphy museum project, the process of digitising estampages has commenced at the Mysuru ASI Epigraphy section.

The digitised estampages are scheduled to be uploaded to the ASI website by the last week of January. The BharatSHRI project was approv...