Indian Palaeography c8.16

c8.16

The main purpose of the scholars in the second stage was to produce as accurately as possible charts of the various writings from the original records, so as to collect at one place all the scripts for the guidance of those who wished to read and interpret them.¹ Hence there was the necessity of acquiring faithful reproductions of the originals. The lack of mechanical processes greatly hindered the work of the early scholars. As late as 1883 Burgess² complains: