Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s3.2

c8.s3.2

For this purpose the naturally smooth surface of a rock or a boulder[^1), such as are found all over India, was used[^2), or a slab (much like an old-fashioned English tombstone) was prepared for the purpose. In earlier times, stone pillars were also used for engraving proclamations[^3). In S. India, the walls of temples, the pavement, and the pillars of the colonnades were chiefly used for recording grants. In Java slabs were in use much the same as in India[^4).