Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s3.t1.18
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s3.t1.18
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c8.s3.t1.18
*d. Palm-leaves,* or *olais* were also used for this purpose. Some of the Tamiḷ grants of the 11th century state that they are according to ōlai grants by the king. I have not met with any examples of public documents of this kind. Private sale-deeds written on ōlais are common enough, but, naturally, they are always of recent date.