[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c9.t3.4 # Indian Epigraphy c9.t3.4 Indian Epigraphy c9.t3.4 - **Language:** English ### [c9.t3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c9.t3.4) ¹ Al-Bīrūnī says, "They (i.e. the Hindus) use black tablets for the children in the schools and write upon them along the long side, not the broad side, writing with a white material from the left to the right" (Sachau, \*Alberuni's India\*, Part I, p. 182). - [Previous: c9.t3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c9.t3.3) - [Next: c9.t3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c9.t3.5) - [Up: c9.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c9.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c9.t3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c9.t3.4) · Pramāṇa