Indian Epigraphy c9.t1.4

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³ In the 11th century Al-Bīrūnī said, “The Hindus have in the south of their country a slender tree like the date and coconut palms, bearing edible fruits and leaves of the length of one yard and as broad as three fingers one put beside the other. They call these leaves *tārī* (Sanskrit *tālī* or *tāḍī*) and write on them” (Sachau, *Alberuni’s India*, Part I, p. 171).