In this page you will find short annotated exercises of transcription based on Ālāol, “Saẏphulmuluk Badiujjāmāl.” Ms. no. 185 / ā 32. Bāṃlā Ekāḍemī Saṃgr̥hīta. Bangla Academy, Dhaka.

First of all, you may read the following notes on the way one may proceed to transcribe a premodern Bengali manuscript:

Annotated transcription of the opening of the praise of the city of Arakan (Arakanese: Mrauk U, Bengali: Roshanga).

Then, you can try your hand at transcribing the following passage:

Click here is the key to this exercise!