• B.Priyadarshini
• Dr. J. Preethi

The study of Ancient Tamil land and its language are favored by the sources of literary, archaeological, epigraphic and numismatic arena. The inscriptions are of immense value. It is one of the major sources of historical facts. Tamil inscriptions form about 60% of all the inscriptions found in India. Tamil inscriptions are also found in faraway lands, which confirms ancient trade. It has been found in Italy, Egypt, Thailand, etc. Epigraphic as well as archaeological data has to be deciphered and digitized so that the history of information will not be lost any further. These have been projected as a major concern for all the epigraphists and archaeologists as well. This paper consists of an extensive survey on various research works based on the conversion of ancient Tamil characters to modern text. This survey paper highlights the various image processing techniques, methodologies and algorithms used.

Image processing, Epigraphy, Archeology, Ancient Tamil characters, Deciphering and Digitization

"The Process Of Epigraphy - A Comparative Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.323-328, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906L49.pdf

"The Process Of Epigraphy - A Comparative Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp323-328, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906L49.pdf