Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c6.s2.t2.2

c6.s2.t2.2

[5] More important than the testimony of the Brahmans is that of the Ceylonese Tripiṭaka, where numerous passages bear witness not only to an acquaintance with writing, but also to its extensive use at the time when the Buddhist canon was composed. *Lekhā*, "writing,"