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19th century 4th millennium BC 6th century BC ALBERTINE GAUR ancient Egypt antiquity Arabs Aśoka bamboo bamboo canes Batak British Library British Museum Buddhist Buddhist canon Cai Lun century BC characters China Chinese clay tablet cloth codex form copper plate cotton cuneiform script decorated Department of Oriental earliest surviving examples Emperor engraved folios form of writing gold important incised India inscribed inscriptions invention Islamic ivory lacquer leaf leather letters linen London manu manufacturing process Mesopotamia metal Middle East Mohenjodaro Muslim official documents old silk rags Oriental Manuscripts originally ostraca paint palm leaves palm-leaf shape paper papyrus parchment Persian pippala pippala leaves Printed Books pustahas Qur'an records rubbed Sanskrit scribe script scroll format seals sheets similar Sivi skin sometimes Southeast Asia Sri Lanka suitable for writing Sumatra Sumerian tradition vellum verses Western Asia wood wooden boards wooden covers wooden slips Wooden tablets בירושלם זכרון לי מכל