Palm-leaf manuscript
Manuscripts made out of dried palm leaves
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Palm-leaf manuscript
Manuscripts made out of dried palm leaves
Palm leaves were used as writing material in the Indian subcontinent as early as the 5th century BCE. Their use began in Nepal and India and spread to other regions, such as Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, in the form of dried and smoke-treated Palmyra or talipot palm leaves.
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Palm leaves were used as writing material in the Indian subcontinent as early as the 5th century BCE. Their use began in Nepal and India and spread to other regions, such as Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, in the form of dried and smoke-treated Palmyra or talipot palm leaves. Their use continued until the 19th century when the printing press replaced hand-written manuscripts. One of the oldest surviving complete palm leaf manuscripts is a Sanskrit Shaivism text from the 9th century, discovered in Nepal, and now preserved at the Cambridge University Library. The Spitzer Manuscript is a collection of palm leaf fragments found in Kizil Caves, China. They are dated to around the 2nd century CE and is in Buddhist hybrid Sanskrit.
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