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ved1245/synthetic-manuscript-dataset

Synthetic Manuscript Dataset Synthetic historical manuscript folios generated using an automated Python pipeline. Scripts The dataset contains three script configurations: Devanagari Modi Sharada Each script contains 100 synthetic manuscript folios. Dataset Splits Split Samples per Script Train 85 Validation 10 Test 5 Total 100 Across all three scripts, the dataset contains: 300 manuscript images 300 corresponding Markdown… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/ved1245/synthetic-manuscript-dataset.

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Synthetic Manuscript Dataset

Synthetic historical manuscript folios generated using an automated Python pipeline.

Scripts

The dataset contains three script configurations:

—Devanagari
—Modi
—Sharada

Each script contains 100 synthetic manuscript folios.

Dataset Splits

Split	Samples per Script
Train	85
Validation	10
Test	5
Total	100

Across all three scripts, the dataset contains:

—300 manuscript images
—300 corresponding Markdown (`.md`) annotations

Dataset Organization

text

devanagari/
├── train/
├── validation/
└── test/

modi/
├── train/
├── validation/
└── test/

sharada/
├── train/
├── validation/
└── test/

Every generated PNG manuscript has a corresponding Markdown ground-truth transcription.

Example:

text

devanagari_train_001.png
devanagari_train_001.md

Manuscript Styles

The generated folios include:

—Aged handmade paper
—Palm-leaf manuscript backgrounds
—Paper fibres and aging
—Stains and water damage
—Irregular manuscript edges
—Ink fading and smudging
—Calligraphic variation
—Baseline waviness
—Multiple manuscript layouts
—Highlighted manuscript text

Generation

The dataset was produced using the Synthetic Manuscript Generator, an automated Python pipeline supporting Devanagari, Modi, and Sharada scripts.

Each image is accompanied by synchronized ground-truth text in Markdown format.

Author

Vedant Paturkar