A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.5

v3.c42.5

The manuscript is written on fifty-one birch bark leaves of an oblong shape, in the form of those of an Indian pothi. The birch bark of the large portion of the manuscript is of a quality much inferior to that of the smaller portion. The hole for the passage of the binding string is placed about the middle of the left half of the leaves. This placement of the string hole and the oblong form of the leaves point to an imitation of palm leaf pothīs from Southern India by the scribes of Kucā.¹⁰