Dear All:
Writting after ages. mostly lethargy. I do have a lot of news.
And a prominent news is my Bill for just June 2020 : 4 Lakh 80 Thousand Rs for just 1 Month.
Reason for High expenses in June 2020 explained.Basically I got a tip from a Scanning Engineer Wasim, that there is a new Scanner in the Market called Czur ET 16 Plus which has a productivity three times my regular 6+ year usage Fujitsu Scan Snap SV 600 Scanner. particularly because there is no post-processing/cropping involved. We experimented and witnessed the tremendous productivity rise. 4000-5000 pages in an 8-Hour Shift and no manual cropping. Click and the image is ready. Higher RAM also made a difference.
Therefore, I went on a scanner and laptop revamp-drive – and also inverter purchase for each staff for Work from Home – and got my staff 3 new Czur scanners and also 3 HP Laptops (15.6 inch Screen/8GB RAM/i3-8th Gen Processor/SSD/Sata hybrid Hard Drive) – Higher processor speed/RAM are crucial for high output therefore the Laptop purchases.
Similar expenses expected in coming months.
Digitizations in Srinagar
Thanks to Lockdown, a lot of people who were almost always not available, finally were at home and had time to entertain us. We took this opportunity to go to the homes of a Lot of People in Kashmir and scan scores of Sharada manuscripts and many rare books.These I documented in two separate Sets. Please read about these sharada Manuscripts below:
May-June 2020
https://egangotri.wordpress.com/2020/05/12/sharada-manuscripts-and-printed-books-from-around-kashmir-digitizations-in-may-june-2020/
Digitizations at Peerzada Ashraf Sahib Residence( includes Catalog of Manuscripts ):
At this stage only painitings, manuscripts soon. https://egangotri.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/photographs-of-paintings-and-artefacts-at-the-residence-of-peerzada-mohd-ashraf-sahib-srinagar/
Digitization at Puneet Jyotishi Residence, Jammu:
Thanks to Lockdown, Puneet Jyotishi ji was finally available after a pursuit of more than 2 years. We got to digitize lots of Sharada Manuscripts and Panchangs a testimony of the Jyotishi Family’s antiquity:
Sharada Panchangs (several from 19th Century, oldest 1862 ):
https://archive.org/details/@manmohan_jyotishi_collection?and[]=subject%3A%22%27Sharada+Panchang%27%22
Manuscripts:
https://archive.org/details/@manmohan_jyotishi_collection?and[]=subject%3A%22%27Sharada+Manuscripts%27%22
Dedicated Account of Puneet Jyotishi Family with Lots of Old Books:
https://archive.org/details/@manmohan_jyotishi_collection
These 7 miniature Paintings from his collections are so viewable particularly for there vivid colors:
7 Miniature Paintings From The Collection Of Puneet Jyotishi Jammu Residence Of Puneet Jyotishi : Residence of Puneet Jyotishi : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Books in Urdu on Hinduism
I have started a new Account which will host Dharma Books in Urdu. These we all got from Srinagar from various people. Notable are 6 Translations of Upanishads from Lahore
https://archive.org/details/@dharma_books_urdu
Other Dharmic Books in this Period which I uploaded before the thought occured to me that a dedicated account should be created on this Theme:
https://archive.org/details/@egangotri_books?and[]=subject%3A%22%27Dharmik+Urdu%27%22
Book Antiquities in Urdu from Srinagar
https://archive.org/details/@egangotri_books?&and[]=subject%3A%22%27June%2020%20Srinagar%27%22
Dharmartha Trust Almira 7 Manuscripts:
Most of Almira 7 was over before Covid Lockdown forced us to quit. Except for a few items in the Final Shelf Almira 7 manuscripts have been uploaded.
https://archive.org/details/@dharmarthatrustjk?&and[]=subject%3A%22eGangotri-33%22
Panjab University, Chandigarh:
We had to wrap up in Chandigarh also due to Covid. 42 Items were digitized before the temporary closure.
https://archive.org/details/@panjab_university_collection?&and[]=subject%3A%22eGangotri-33%22
Hindi-Sanskrit Antique Books from Kashmir in June:
https://archive.org/details/@egangotri_books?and[]=subject%3A%22%27June+2020.Kashmir%27%22
Two Special Antique Books ( one is 1878, second must be around that time also ) Commissioned by His Highness Maharaja Ranbir Singh. Seems Srinagar had a Printing Press called Antar Yantralaya and they were printing Devanagari Books in those days. Kudos to His Excellency Maharaja Family and Enterpreneurs of Kashmir
Kalap Pustak Sandhi Prakaran 1878 By Order Of Maharaja Ranvir Singh With Sharada Sribblings Missing Pages Srinagar Antar Yantralaya : eGangotri : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Found 2 Editions – both unfortunately have missing pages from the End.
Upakarma Vidhi Partial Compiled By Order Of Maharaja Shri Ranvir Singh Antar Yantralaya Srinagar : eGangotri : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
eGangotri Digital Preservation Trust 