Indian Epigraphy c9.t12.8

c9.t12.8

Among coloured inks, red ink was the most popular. Often *alakta*, referred to above, was used for writing. Another kind of red ink was made of vermilion mixed with gum in water. Red ink was used to write particular expressions and passages (e.g. colophons of chapters) in a manuscript, on which the copyist wanted to put special stress.