[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.s2.9 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c36.s2.9 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c36.s2.9 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c36.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c36.s2.9) For writing manuscripts, the palm-leaves were at first dried, then soaked or boiled in water for a considerable time and dried again. After that the leaves were polished with conch or cowrie shell or a smooth piece of stone and, finally, cut into the required size (Pandey, 1952, pt. 1, pp. 69-70; Buhler, p. 114). In the south, the letters on the leaves were incised with a stilus and were made black by the application of ink with lamp-black. At somewhat later date, these leaves were used for writing purpose with pen and ink all over India. - [Previous: v1.c36.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c36.s2.8) - [Next: v1.c36.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c36.s2.10) - [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.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c36.s2.9) · Pramāṇa