A Buddhist palm leaf manuscript, about 1,000 years old, found in Kathmandu. Palm leaves were used as
A Buddhist palm leaf manuscript, about 1,000 years old, found in Kathmandu. Palm leaves were used as a writing medium in south and southeast Asia as long ago as the 400s BCE. It’s thought that the rounded nature of many south Asian scripts (this is written in Kuṭila) evolved because of the worry that sharp cuts of the pen or brush would cause the leaves to fall apart more quickly.{WHF} {HTE} {Medium} -- source link
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