115 
1900.] A. F. R. HoerDle — Epigraphical Note on Palm-leaf, etc. 
first manuscript wholly written on Borassus leaves ; another follows in 
1618 A.D. Then comes a long interval of 57 years, up to 1675 A.D., 
in which there is one Corypha manuscript, in 1629 A.D. But from 
1675, when there are numerous manuscripts recorded at very short 
intervals, the use of Borassus shows itself dominant. Among 18 
manuscripts, between 1675 and 1815 A.D., there are 12 Borassus and 
only 6 Corypha ones j that is f of the whole are Borassus manuscripts. 
The oldest known Bengal palm-leaf manuscript is referable to the 
year 1360 A.D. Another described in “Notices,” No. 1977, was thought 
by the late Raja R. L, Mitra to be older, being supposed to be dated 
in Luks. 102 = 1207 A.D. It is a Corypha MS., measuring 13J x 2^, 
and is certainly very old, but its date, if any, is not decipherable, and 
on palseographic grounds it is more likely to belong to the end of the 
14th century. 
Table V. Bihar Palm-leap MSS. 
No. 
A. D. 
Date. 
Reference. 
Measure. 
Material. 
1 
1020 
5 Mahipala. 
Table I, No. 8. 
21x2i 
Cor. 
2 
1054 
14 Nayapala. 
Table III, No. 2. 
22x2 
Cor. 
3 
1120 
15 Kamapala. 
Table I, No. 16. 
22x2i 
Cor. 
4 
1165 
4 Govindapala. 
do. No. 21. 
22^x2^ 
Cor. 
5 
1185 
24 do. 
do. No. 25. 
ll|x2 
Cor. 
6 
1199 
38 do. 
do. No. 27. 
lHx2| 
Cor. 
7 
1319 
Laks 214. 
do. No. 37. 
ISfxH 
Cor. 
8 
1446 
Sam. 1503. 
do. No. 47. 
13ix2i 
Cor. 
9 
1450 
Laks. 345. 
do. No. 48. 
13xl| 
Cor. 
10 
1460 
Laks. 355. 
Table III, No. 101. 
12xl| 
Cor. 
11 
1467 
Laks. 362. 
Table I, No. 49. 
13x2 
Cor. 
12 
1468 
Laks. 363. 
Table III, No. 103. 
13x2 
Cor. 
13 
1479 
Laks. 374. 
Table I, No. 50. 
111x2 
Cor. 
14 
1504 
Laks. 399. 
do. No. 51. 
14j X 2 J 
Cor. 
15 
1513 
Laks. 408. 
do. No. 52. 
13fxlif 
Cor. 
16 
1526 
Laks. 421. 
Table III, No. 106. 
11x2 
Cor. 
17 
1529 
Laks. 424. 
do. No. 107. 
16x2 
Cor. 
