A breakthrough project utilizing Advanced Neural Paleography has successfully transcribed charred fragments of a 10th-century manuscript found in the ruins of Hampi. Written in the Nandinagari script, the text contains a previously unknown treatise on spherical geometry and the calculation of volumes for irregular polyhedra, predating similar European developments by several centuries.
The manuscript, titled Gola-Siddhanta-Rahasya, describes recursive methods for approximating the surface area of spheres with high precision. Scholars state that this discovery fundamentally alters our understanding of the mathematical rigor present in medieval Karnataka, showcasing a level of computational complexity that was previously thought to have emerged much later in the Kerala School of Mathematics.