History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c15.s2.58
History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c15.s2.58
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The Kharosthi documents from Khotan also illustrate the use of ink at least in the first century A.D.. Painted inscriptions in the caves at Ajanta serve as an illustration of the use of coloured inks Red lead and cinnabar (*hingula*) were also used as inks. In those early days ink was used for writing on palm-leaf and birch-bark, as the use of paper was unknown. Some of the ancient manuscripts written on palm-leaf and birch-birk, now preserved in various museums and libraries, have been found on examination to be written with indelible black ink.