Dear colleagues,

The following event is of interest for the long-distance and longue durée ramifications of Indian manuscript cultures and the Brahmi writing system.

Official launch of the British Library-CSMC Hamburg Batak Manuscripts Digitisation Project Passcode: 23113300

See the attachments.

I myself will be presenting the database called Online Inventory of Ancient Nusantara Epigraphy, which is online since late last year (www.idenk.net) and is being gradually filled with data. The data for the island of Sumatra are complete at this time, so that those interested in Indological questions such as identifying any items in Sanskrit or Tamil language, or any items in Grantha script, that have been found on that island can now satisfy their curiosity.

Best wishes,

Arlo Griffiths

EFEO, Paris