Sanskrit story of the Rāmāyaṇa

Written on palm leaves, this text partially on the Sanskrit story of the Rāmāyaṇa with commentary in Telugu is incomplete. The letters have been engraved on the surface with a stylus. It was acquired by Jacob Coopers (d. 1641), a Dutch colonial official and has recently been identified as belonging to Erpenius, even though he couldn’t read Telugu. Southern India, before 1641 Telugu; palm leaf

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