Indian Epigraphy c10.s1.24

c10.s1.24

On some early copper plates the letters are formed by means of dots instead of continuous strokes.³ The engraving on some copper-plate grants from South India is so shallow that the letters appear to have been scratched on them by a sharp-pointed needle, as on the palmyra leaves, probably after putting a layer of mud on the plates.⁴