Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s4.1
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s4.1
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c8.s4.1
Ink (mashī or masī) has been introduced into S. India in quite recent times and apparently by the Mahrāṭhas. It is (I am informed) made of lac, and is almost indelible; water and damp have no effect on it. In the N. of India and Cashmere a similar indelible ink is used for writing on the bhūrjapatra. Dr. Bühler has found out that this is composed of charcoal made from almonds boiled in cow's urine.