Abstract
Majority of inscriptions are found in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Ampara, Kurunegala, Puttalam, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Hambantota, Kandy, Kegalle, Matale, Badulla, Monaragala, Nuwara Eliya, Gampaha and Ratnapura districts. Inscriptions
can be categorized according to the surfaces they were engraved on, the language they were written in, their age, and the regions in which they are found.
Some inscriptions are only meaningful as pictorial symbols (graphics), not textual signifiers. To identify pictorial symbols in inscriptions, archeological experts must be consulted. The early inscriptions lack poetic embellishment and simply record events with no didactic or educational value (Bandara and Varnajit,2012). Pictorial symbols other than text can be seen at the beginning or end of a line of writing in a few inscriptions. There is now a smartphone app available to recognize characters, but no mobile application has yet been developed to recognize pictorial symbols and identify the era of characters. As a result, we are trying to identify the pictorial symbols and identify their era and develop an application to identify the era of the characters of the inscriptions.
Research Problem
Limited information about inscriptions can be found on the internet. But pictorial symbols and the meaning of them are not available on the internet. Therefore it will be very useful if a web based system or mobile application is publicly available to detect and get meanings of pictorial symbols of inscriptions in the Sri Lankan context. In fact, having a digital repository, information about inscriptions can be presented in a more attractive and more understandable way. Accordingly, the symbols of the inscriptions are seen from around the 4th century. Therefore, pictorial symbols from the 4th century to the 15th century and the period between them were necessary for the study.
Research Objectives
Main objective
To develop a mobile application for determining the era of an ancient inscription with a pictorial symbol and identifying the era of an inscription with only a pictorial symbol as
well as identifying the pictorial symbol
Specific Objectives
To study the weakness and strengths of the existing techniques on inscription reading through an extensive literature review
To build and expansion of the image dataset of various types of inscriptions
Apply machine learning algorithms to determine era by identifying pictorial symbols and characters in inscriptions
To find an advanced and accurate machine learning technique for recognition of era of Sinhala inscriptions and identify pictorial symbol
To develop a mobile based application detect the era based on characters and symbols of inscriptions
High Fidelity Prototype
Design Tools
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