Ayodhya, April 4 -- A rare manuscript written in Devanagari script, believed to be around 200 years old, has been found in Ayodhya.

It will soon be handed over to the International Ram Katha Museum for preservation.

The Director of the International Ram Katha Museum, Sanjeev Kumar Singh, said the manuscript could be 150 to 200 years old.

He further said that the script, which evolved from Nagari to Devanagari, shows differences in letter formation compared to modern writing, with older letters having open bases and attached vowel marks.

Speaking to ANI, Singh said, "Nagari gradually evolved into Devanagari... Today, letters are formed differently, while the old script had open bases with attached vowel marks. On this basis, I can say ...