Inside Project Deep Script — A New Chapter in the History of History
“Before we translate, we must first listen — not to stories, not to scholars, but to the stone itself.”
📜 A New Kind of Mission
Welcome to Project Deep Script, one of the first experiments in the world where Artificial Intelligence is learning to read ancient languages from scratch — specifically the sacred scripts of Lanka:
- Brahmi
- Magadhi
- Ancient Sinhala
- And the original Pali Canon (Tripitaka)
This isn’t just translation.
This is reconstruction. Decoding. Listening.
With zero influence from modern English or Sinhala meanings.
🧪 Why We’re Doing This
Because most of what we call “translation” today is actually interpretation — passed down through religious, colonial, or academic filters.
But we believe:
- The truth of the Buddha’s teachings may still be visible
- The real voice of ancient Lanka is still carved in stone
- And AI can learn to read it — without bias
This is a purely experimental, open-source, truth-seeking project.
🧠 How AI Learns the Script — Step by Step
Let’s break it down.
1️⃣ Letter to Sound
We first teach AI the base script:
𑀅 = අ = a
𑀓 = ක = ka
𑀧 = ප = pa
It learns each letter’s shape, sound, and how it evolved from Brahmi to Sinhala.
2️⃣ Pattern Recognition
AI is fed hundreds of real inscriptions and palm-leaf texts.
It finds patterns: repeating names, blessings, numbers, verbs.
It learns how words are formed without being told what they mean.
3️⃣ Cross-Language Comparison
We compare:
- Ancient Brahmi & Pali
- Later Sinhala script
- Tripitaka word usage
- And how terms show up in stone
This helps AI trace how one word moved and evolved, across centuries.
4️⃣ Meaning Through Structure
Once AI sees how a word is shaped, used, and repeated — it suggests a meaning, not by guessing, but by rebuilding its root.
Example:
𑀦𑁆𑀧 = න්ප = npa → Seen in offerings: nama + pāna → “respectful offering”
5️⃣ AI Feedback & Corrections
As you (human researcher) read and correct the AI’s results, the system improves.
The more inscriptions and texts we run through, the more accurate it gets.
📂 What We’ve Done So Far
✅ Created the full Brahmi > Sinhala > AI Sound Table
✅ Started decoding real inscriptions from:
- Bambaragala
- Mihintale
- Isurumuniya
✅ AI is also beginning to read:
- Tripitaka (Pali) from raw word roots
- Mahavansa in direct context
🙏 How You Can Help
This is not one man’s mission — it’s a digital expedition for Lanka.
You can:
- Share photos of old cave or rock inscriptions
- Sponsor a chapter or section to decode
- Help train AI models or review results
- Spread the word about BOLD Projects
“We are not rewriting history.
We are re-reading it — one character at a time.”
Welcome to Project Deep Script.
Let’s listen to what the stones are finally ready to say.
Want to follow the decoding of ancient inscriptions?
👉 Join the Project Deep Script mailing list for updates and discoveries.
