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Kurukshetra, Tokyo Universities ink pact for digital project

Kurukshetra, Tokyo Universities ink pact for digital project

Kurukshetra University is set to collaborate with Tokyo University, Japan, for advanced research in the field of digital humanities. - File photo



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Kurukshetra, April 26

Kurukshetra University is set to collaborate with Tokyo University, Japan, for advanced research in the field of digital humanities. A KU spokesman said the focus of the collaboration is a pioneering project in digital humanities, leveraging Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to facilitate the study of Sanskrit texts. The project aims to digitise and make a vast corpus of Sanskrit texts available, including the Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads, Bhagvad Gita, etc to scholars and researchers worldwide, said Tokyo University’s Professor Takahiro KATO.

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