Using advanced machine learning algorithms, researchers at the National Institute of Epigraphy have successfully deciphered a 14th-century Grantha manuscript found in the Hampi archives. The text, titled 'Nyaya-Niti-Darpana', outlines a comprehensive philosophical framework for equitable justice and social welfare during the early Vijayanagara period.
The manuscript is unique for its synthesis of traditional Dharma-Sutra ethics with pragmatic administrative logic. It provides rare insights into how medieval Indian philosophers conceptualized the 'sovereign's debt' to the common citizen, emphasizing a system of restorative rather than punitive justice.