Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c11.s3.39

c11.s3.39

Finally, the existence of manuals for clerks and writers must be mentioned. We still possess several works of this kind, among which the Lekhapañcāśikā gives the rules for drafting not only private letters, but also land-grants and the treaties between kings, while a section of Kṣemendra-Vyāsadāsa's Lokaprakāśa shows how the various kinds of bonds, bills of exchange (*huṇḍī*) and so forth ought to be done.¹¹