Indian Epigraphy c9.t3.18

c9.t3.18

Parchment was in general use as a writing material in early and medieval times in Western Asia and Europe. But it was rarely used in India, if at all. Reference to hide as a writing material is however found in Buddhist literature,⁵ while Subandhu’s *Vāsavadattā* speaks of *ajina* (skin of an antelope or tiger) as a writing material.⁶ Some leather documents have been discoverd from such Central Asian sites as Niya and Endere.⁷