Indian Epigraphy c9.t4.4

c9.t4.4

There is no doubt that the practice of writing on palmyra leaves and birch bark was much more popular, even though the word *śaya*, Sanskritized from Chinese *tsie* meaning ‘paper’, occurs in Sanskrit-Chinese lexicons of the 8th century A.D., which also recognise *kakali* or *kakari* no doubt Sanskritized forms of *kāghaz*.¹