An AI-driven project has successfully deciphered 7th-century Nandinagari script fragments discovered in a temple vault in Karnataka. The texts contain lost Sanskrit treatises on the physics of hydrostatic equilibrium, detailing sophisticated principles of fluid mechanics used in the design of ancient irrigation systems and gravity-fed aqueducts.
The manuscripts describe early Indian engineering protocols for managing water pressure in varying terrain, including mathematical ratios for pipe diameters and flow rates. This discovery proves that ancient civil engineers possessed a theoretical framework for hydraulics that matched their practical mastery of water conservation.