[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997) › v1.c36.s2.2 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c36.s2.2 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c36.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c36.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c36.s2.2) In the work of Al-Bīrūnī (Sachau, 1910, 1, p. 182), the great Arabian scholar, it runs as follows : “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”. - [Previous: v1.c36.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c36.s2.1) - [Next: v1.c36.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c36.s2.3) - [Up: v1.c36.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c36.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c36.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c36.s2.2) · Pramāṇa