Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s1.27
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s1.27
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The earliest mention of such occurs in the Life and Voyages of Hiouen Thsang. These state that Kanishka: “fit graver, sur des feuilles de cuivre rouge, les textes de ces Traités (Commentaries on the Tripiṭaka), les renferma dans une caisse en pierre soigneusement scellée et bâtit un *Stoûpa* pour l’y déposer”[^3). Such legends are not uncommon in all parts of India[^4), but instances of books written on plates of metal must always have been very uncommon, and it is only possible to refer to two or three examples at the present time.