Since leather was considered as impure in olden India except tiger and deer’s skin, the usage was very rare whereas it is seen as one of the important material for manuscripts in other countries like Egypt. Leather was used as black-board for drawing plans and to make a draft. Subandhu, 5th CE poet…
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WRITING IN ANCIENT INDIA – EVIDENCES FROM SANSKRIT DRAMAS
The Dramas in Sanskrit are called as “śravya Kāvyas”. They too possess evidences on ancient writing. Bhāsa, the earliest dramatist known, is dated as 4th BCE. He gives so many references on writing. Avimāraka, the play written by him, mentions “Pustaka” – book. विदूषकः भवति, इदमक्षरं नाम पुस्तके नास्ति। The vidūṣaka answers…
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The word Artha means the resource. The resources of life viz earth, wealth, cereals and cattle are called as Artha. The science by which these are earned is called Arthaśāstra. According to tradition, Artha śāstras were written by my Father, Bṛhaspati, śukrācārya, Nārada and others. But the Artha śāstra written by Cāṇakya is fully…
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There are two faces of tracking the history of each and everything in the world. One is to analyze the facts and evidences and place the things in order according to the them and the other one is following the traditional legends and stories that are available in literature and amongst the people. To…
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