README.md

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# Historic Scripts to Modern Vision: Modi to Devanagari Transliteration Dataset

This dataset supports research in the transliteration of **Modi script**—an ancient Indian script historically used in Maharashtra—into **Devanagari**, the script currently used for Marathi and several other Indian languages.

The dataset was introduced in the following paper:

> **Historic Scripts to Modern Vision: A Novel Dataset and A VLM Framework for Transliteration of Modi Script to Devanagari**  
> *Harshal Kausadikar, Tanvi Kale, Onkar Susladkar, Sparsh Mittal*  
> **Accepted at ICDAR 2025**  
> [arXiv:2503.13060v2](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13060v2)

## Dataset Features

- **Modi script image patches**
- **Aligned Devanagari transliterations**
- Covers a diverse range of historical Modi handwriting styles
- Suitable for OCR, script transliteration, vision-language modeling, and low-resource script research

## Usage

This dataset is ideal for:
- Handwritten script recognition and transliteration
- Vision-language model (VLM) training for historical scripts
- Document digitization and cultural heritage preservation

## Citation

If you use this dataset in your research or publications, **please cite the following paper**:

```bibtex
@article{kausadikar2025historic,
  title={Historic Scripts to Modern Vision: A Novel Dataset and A VLM Framework for Transliteration of Modi Script to Devanagari},
  author={Kausadikar, Harshal and Kale, Tanvi and Susladkar, Onkar and Mittal, Sparsh},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.13060},
  year={2025}
}