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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}
+}