Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s2.11
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s2.11
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c8.s2.11
Hiouen Thsang⁵) mentions a letter which Tishyaraxitā (Açoka’s second wife) forged. It appears to have been sealed with red wax (!), and Açoka (it is said) used for a seal the impression of his own teeth. The substance, however, on which it was written is not mentioned, probably bhūrja bark was intended.