106 A. F. R. Hoernle — JEpigrapJiical Note on Palm-leaf j etc. [No. 2, 
of book writing on account of its durability and polish. ” These ob- 
servations may be true with regard to Southern India and Cejlon ; 
they would probably also apply to Bengal and Orissa with their equally 
damp climate ; but would hardly apply to tiie rest of Northern India 
with its far drier climate. But be that as it may, I have drawn up 
Table III for the purpose of showing how little probability there is that 
all Borassus MSS., dating before 1675 A.D., may have perished on 
account of their inferior durability, or that, by some unaccountable and 
improbable chance, none of them may have fallen into my hands when 
making up Table I. 
Table III. 
No. 
A. D. 
Date. 
Eeference. 
Loo. 
Mat. 
Measure. 
1 
1039 
Nep. 159. 
Add. 1683, Bendall. 
Nep. 
Cor. 
21 X 2 
2 
1054 
14 Nayapala. 
Add. 1688 do. 
Bih. 
Cor. 
22x2 
3 
1065 
Nep. 185. 
Add 1684 do. 
Nep. 
Cor. 
21 X 2 
4 
1068 
Nep. 188. 
Add. 1680 do. 
Nep. 
Cor. 
11x2 
5 
1098 
Sam. 1154. 
Peterson^, No. 13. 
W. Ind. 
(Cor.) 
73xli 
6 
1123 
Sam. 1179. 
Kielhorn, No. 42. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
13x2i 
7 
1125 
Sam. 1181. 
PetersonS, No. 229. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
13| X 1| 
8 
1125 
Sam. 1181. 
Peterson^, No. 66. 
W. Ind. 
(Cor.) 
12x 
9 
1130 
Sam. 1186. 
do. No. 40. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
lOxli 
10 
1130 
Sam. 1186. 
do. No. 63. 
W. Ind. 
(Cor.) 
13x1 
11 
1131 
Sam. 1187. 
do. No. 36. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
27x21 
12 
1162 
Sam. 1218. 
do. No. 31. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
14x2 
13 
1162 
Sam. 1218. 
Kielhorn, No. 13. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
29x21 
14 
1165 
Nep. 285. 
Add. 1693, Bendall. 
Nep. 
Cor, 
17x21 
15 
1165 
Sam. 1221. 
PetersonS, No. 240. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
27x21 
16 
1173 
Sam. 1229. 
do. No. 215. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
141 X If 
17 
1175 
Sam. 1231. 
Peterson^, No. 1. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
I2xlf 
18 
1191 
Sam. 1247. 
Peterson^, No. 225. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
13ixlf 
19 
1193 
Sam. 1249. 
do. No. 309. 
W. Ind. 
Cor. 
29x21 
