art_culture medium True/False

Traditional Indian manuscripts were often written on dried palm leaves using iron styluses, with ink rubbed into the incised letters.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: True

Palm leaf manuscripts (ola-chuvadi) were the primary writing medium in South India. Scribes used iron styluses to incise text, then applied soot/oil to make letters visible. This technique preserved texts for centuries in tropical climates.

Topic Manuscripts - Palm Leaf Tradition
Exam Relevance UPSC, SSC
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