Manuscript
writing is a very old tradition of Assam. From Bana`s Harshacharita,
belonging to the 7th century it is known that the gift from
Bhaskarbarma, the king of ancient Assam, to Harsha included, inter alia,
"volumes of fine writing with leaves made from aloe bark and of the hue
of ripe pink cucumber". It is also known from Bana`s account that in
Assam there was a tradition of painting miniature pictures. But there is
no clear indication about illustrated manuscript in his account. Most
of the scholars on Indian art believe that it is only from the 16th
century that the Hindus started illustrating their manuscripts, long
after the Buddhists and Jains. But it is known from recent investigation
that there was a Hindu tradition of manuscript illustration in Nepal as
early as 12th century AD. So the existence of such a Hindu tradition in
Assam in an earlier date cannot be ruled out.
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