Three examples are presented here :

(a) A  Palm-leaf  manuscript  in  Grantha,  (an  archaic  script  used  in  South  India) believed  to  be  about  200 years  old    containing  the  part of the text from the
concluding part  of  the  Valmiki Ramayana. 
(b) A Stone inscription in the ancient Brahmi script,  about 2000 years old,  from a rock cave in Pugalur in Tamil Nadu.
(c) The Hebrew version of Psalm 23 from the Book of Psalms of the Old Testament.

        The original  manuscript  in the first case and a photograph in the second case, were   scanned  and  the scanned images processed to enhance their clarity and make them directly readable on the computer screen. . The  Software  Package developed  by the  IIT  Madras  was  used  to  transcribe  their  contents  into  Grantha  and Tamil respectively. In the third case, the text was directly transcribed from the Hebrew version of the Old Testament. It is shown how, once the first such  transcript is prepared,  the Package can instantaneously  generate  transliterated  equivalents  in other old or new scripts like  Sanskrit or IPA (International PhoneticAlphabet). The  original  images  with  the  corresponding transcripts  have  been  incorporated  into   HTML  files  making  it  possible  to  view  them within  a  single  document on a computer, either offline or through the Internet,   using  Netscape,  (Version  4),  Internet  Explorer  or  any  similar browser.
 
        Custodians of such valuable materials are naturally hesitant to part with their custody.  Our proposal therefore is  that  a  portable  PC  and  Scanner  be  taken  to  places  of  such  custody  and    the  scanning  done  there  itself  without  having  to  ask  for taking them away for this purpose. A  systematic  and  rapid programme  for  the  preservation  of  ancient  manuscripts  and  the  widest  possible dissemination  of  their  contents  through  the methodology described above, will open them to the widest scholastic scrutiny, analysis and study.