Indian Epigraphy c9.t13.6
Indian Epigraphy c9.t13.6
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c9.t13.6
A kind of ruler (called ṭāmbī or kambā in Rajasthan) was used for drawing straight lines in order to keep the lines of writing straight. Another instrument for drawing straight lines used by the copyists of manuscripts was called rekhā-pāṭī or samāsa-pāṭī which was a piece of wood or cardboard with strings fixed at equal distances.⁴