The project ‘Two Centuries of Indian Print’ represents a groundbreaking collaborationbetween the British Library and various esteemed institutions in India. Focused on digitisingrare South Asian books from 1713 to 1914, this project served as a milestone in the preservationof cultural heritage and the advancement of digital scholarship. Supported bythe AHRC Newton-Bhabha Fund and the Department for Business, Energy and IndustrialStrategy, the project was designed to promote research in Digital Humanities, fosterinternational partnerships, and enhance standardisation in cataloguing and imagingprotocols. The project's first phase, launched in late 2015, prioritised the digitization of over1000 Bengali books and 600 books in Assamese, Sylheti, and Urdu languages. From scholarlyarticles on unique titles to using Transkribus for automated text recognition of early printedBengali books, this project demonstrated the opportunities and challenges involved in applyingdigital research methods and tools to newly digitised library collections.Complemented by a series of South Asian seminars, workshops hosted by the BritishLibrary, this project provided a platform for global scholarly exchange and deepened theunderstanding of South Asian heritage and print culture.