Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s1.47
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s1.47
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c8.s1.47
According to Albīrūnī⁴ (and there is no reason to doubt his accuracy) paper was discovered by the Chinese at Samarcand, when Transoxiana was under their power, or in the earlier centuries A. D., and from Samarcand the manufacture gradually extended to other countries.