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LIVING ARCHIVE STATUS

What is complete, what changed, and what comes next

This register makes the archive’s developing scope explicit. Both the 178-chapter historical programme and the 172-idea philosophical programme are now complete.

Last updated 6 September 2026Maintained by the Videha research ecosystem

History

178 out of 178 completed

Volume I: all 28 chapters supplied. Volume II: all 150 chapters supplied, indexed, summarised, and mapped by section.

Parallel Philosophy

172 out of 172 completed

Volume I: all 72 bilingual chapters supplied. Volume II: all 100 Maithili chapters supplied, with English readings throughout.

Discovery infrastructure

880 graph records · 160 chronology records

People, places, texts, ideas, dated claims, Panji headings, and source-led learning records remain searchable.

CHANGELOG

Recent archive changes

Completed the 172-idea Parallel Philosophy archive and replaced Multiscript Reader machine text with supplied Maithili for both volumes wherever bilingual source text is available.

Completed the history archive: added source-derived summaries and section maps for all supplied Volume II Chapters 87–150, bringing the programme to 178 out of 178 completed chapters.

Reframed the homepage around four research doors; added federated search, graph facets, map-context warning, stable source records, and keyboard improvements.

Added the first bundled Maithili readings and retained Tirhuta conversion. These were superseded by supplied bilingual source text on 6 September.

Expanded the earlier supplied history and philosophy chapters with structured summaries and debate records.

ROADMAP

Next source-controlled additions