Indian Epigraphy c9.t1.18

c9.t1.18

Among the early palm-leaf manuscripts found in Nepal, mention may be made of the Skanda Purāṇa (supposed to have been copied about the 7th century A. D.), the Parameśvara Tantra copied in the year 252 (probably of the Harṣa era and corresponding to 859 A.D.) and the Laṅkāvatāra copied in the Newari year 28 (906-07 A.D.).³ Manuscripts of the 11th and later centuries on palmyra leaves have been discovered in numbers in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Nepal and other regions, while those written in the South Indian style with sharp-pointed needle are generally not earlier than the 15th century. The hot climate of the South is likely to have led to the destruction of earlier manuscripts on palmyra leaves.