Summary
They are turning ancient paper books into digital pictures. 📷
The special temple in Colombo helps keep the books safe.
Soon more places might join the fun adventure!
Key Points
4 points1
The SAMHiTA Project started at a famous temple in Colombo.
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It will copy 100 very old Buddhist books into computers.
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India is giving money and help for the project.
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The work should finish by the end of November.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsManuscript
an old handwritten book
Digitise
make a digital picture of something
Heritage
things from the past that people share
Buddhist
related to a peaceful religion that started in India
Memorandum of Understanding
a friendly agreement between groups
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