Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s1.51
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s1.51
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c8.s1.51
The paper used in the South of India during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries came chiefly from Portugal, though, latterly, some was imported from China. English paper was but little used. The water-mark affords an easy means of detecting forgeries.