The paper started with a salute to the nameless sculptor, the kings who where their patrons and to the enthusiast who still appreciates the work.
The first portion highlighted the rich artistic tradition of the land, the timeless pursuit to excellence and a brief intro about www.poetryinstone.in
Then it swings to how the internet and publishing on the net is a cost effective solution to reach out to the world. Explaining how pages of text can be replaced by a single thoughtfully taken photograph.
Interms of way ahead - the main objective of the paper is to merge the power of the internet, database management, advances in photography and tapping an expert talent pool
basically it proposes the development of a community based sculpture database, where common people can login and post sculpture photos of different sites they visit, then an expert panel to evaluate it, add comments and tags - so that i becomes a knowledge base - search able database - period, type, material, name, identification etc.
second, is a GPS tagged map of all heritage sites - similar to what william has done ( link is on my sites links)
lastly, it calls for a research paper archive, where registered users can view the hundreds of phd thesis on temple archi and sculpture - that are rotting in universities. http://www.poetryinstone.in Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man