Letter From New Delhi
Manuscript mysteries: Going back in time to decode India’s rich heritage
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India is embarking on one of its most ambitious efforts to conserve, digitise and catalogue ancient manuscripts.
ST PHOTO: NIRMALA GANAPATHY
NEW DELHI – Conservator Mithlesh Kumar Singh gently immerses a 17th-century manuscript in an ethanol-water bath.
Grime and dirt peel away and the text becomes sharper as the water in the rectangular container turns a light brown.
