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Manuscripts to Multimodal Magic: Heritage Reloaded- AI Edition

Reviving Sushruta, Lilavati & Bhagavad Gita via AI – Gyan Bharatam Pavilion Steals the Show in New Delhi

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Manuscripts to Multimodal Magic: Heritage Reloaded- AI Edition. The India AI Impact Summit 2026, underway from February 16–20 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, marks a transformative moment where India’s ancient knowledge systems converge with sovereign AI innovation. Amid discussions on inclusive growth, ethical AI, and global collaboration under the pillars of People, Planet, and Progress, the Gyan Bharatam Pavilion—a collaboration between the Ministry of Culture and MeitY—stands out as a beacon of civilizational revival through technology.

By – http://indiainput.com desk.

Launched as an extension of the National Mission for Manuscripts, the Gyan Bharatam Mission (announced in the 2025-26 Union Budget) targets the preservation, digitization, and revitalization of India’s vast manuscript heritage—estimated at over one crore ancient texts.

Through partnerships with institutions nationwide, the mission employs advanced AI tools for scanning, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), multilingual translation, transliteration, and interactive querying. This effort safeguards fragile palm-leaf manuscripts, scrolls, and rare documents while making their profound wisdom accessible digitally.

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Central to this showcase is BharatiyaGPT, pioneered by ImmverseAI on India’s Bharatiya AI Stack. Trained on trillions of tokens from digitized manuscripts, it powers authentic, multimodal conversational AI in 22+ Indian languages and over 100 global ones. Users experience one-click access to precise verse meanings, contextual explanations, and insights drawn exclusively from original sources—bypassing modern biases or web-scraped data.

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An Indian AI startup wants to fix it by building BharatiyaGPT, which uses ancient manuscripts to reduce bias in large language models and make the younger generation aware of Hindu texts. pic.twitter.com/3eM71HVmzN

— Sputnik India (@Sputnik_India) February 17, 2026

Key texts digitized and integrated include:

Mathematics: : Aryabhatiya (Aryabhata’s foundational astronomy and math), Brihat Samhita (Varahamihira’s compendium on astronomy, astrology, and architecture), Lilavati (Bhaskara II’s elegant algebra and arithmetic), and Beej Ganita (advanced algebraic methods).

History and Culture: Epics like Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, Mahabharata, alongside specialized works such as Gandhashastra (ancient science of perfumery and aromatics).

Medicine: Ayurvedic masterpieces including Sushruta Samhita (pioneering surgery and anatomy), Charaka Samhita (holistic diagnostics and internal medicine), and Ashtanga Hridaya (integrated Ayurvedic synthesis).

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— Aravind (@aravind) February 18, 2026

Complementing BharatiyaGPT, startups like Ekascribe and Ottobots demonstrate practical AI applications. Ekascribe (from Eka Care) excels in ambient clinical scribing—converting doctor-patient dialogues into structured notes, prescriptions, and EMR entries in regional languages—highlighting AI’s role in modernizing knowledge domains like Ayurveda. Ottobots showcases autonomous robotic innovations, illustrating how AI extends heritage tech into real-world utility.

Visitors at the Gyan Bharatam Pavilion witness live demos of manuscript OCR, colophon reading, and interactive chatbots that bring verses to life instantly. Leaders praise this as sovereign AI at its finest: culturally grounded, ethically sound, and inclusive—reviving gyan parampara to tackle contemporary challenges in education, healthcare, science, and sustainability.

As the summit progresses through February 20, these initiatives position India as a leader in blending timeless wisdom with frontier technology, fostering a future where AI honors civilizational depth while driving equitable, self-reliant progress.

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