As Manikandan is in US, how about it if people here in North america share the work.
As for Sundar(As always, your enthusiasm amazes me Sundar. A short intro: he is a fellow tamil/history buff. He goes out of his way to do things for Tamil.) and other friends in Madras.
Krupa shankar, do you think we can get in touch with the Institute of Asian Studies and with Madurai University and Thanjai Tamil University and other such institutions.
We have to discuss about ways to approach these institutions. We also have to discuss practical issues like getting permission to bring them online. For one, we have to get them to trust us, we have to show our credentials and that we are serious about what we do. They have to believe that we are not doing this to gain anything, except just the pleasure in sharing this fabulous wealth with fellow history buffs.
Does any one know anyone in these institutions?
Once, we get these materials, we can type them up and also use Sundar's help to do optical reading.