KOTTAYAM: Long before the advent of paper, Kerala had an elaborate method for preserving ancient knowledge and wisdom. The ...

While lontar is a common, widely used designation for the type of palm-leaf writing material used in the vast majority of surviving manuscripts, the nipah is rare and not commonly thought of as a ...

They are basically manuscripts created from dried palm leaves. Palm leaves were used as writing materials in the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia, dating back to the 5th century BCE.

On view are palm-leaf manuscript pages reunited after having been separated, many with colophons providing new information about when and for whom they were made. The installation includes ...

An expert works on the restoration of an ancient palm-leaf manuscript at Fudan University Library. Photo: Courtesy of Fudan ...

On Friday, during his visit to Heidelberg University in Berlin, Germany, Minister Pandey discussed the return of palm-leaf ...

While many seek material inheritance, Dr Valluri Vijay Hanumantha Rao embarked on a unique quest to reclaim his ancestor’s ...

The Oriental Research Institute (ORI) here has taken steps for digitisation of its collection of nearly 70,000 palm leaf and paper manuscripts in Sanskrit and Kannada, and the first phase of the ...

The well-crafted palm-leaf manuscripts (thaliyola) are not just records, but rather bridges that connect the past and the present. The discovery of a large collection of such manuscripts at the ...