Manuscripts: They were written by hand (this comes from the Latin word ‘manu’, meaning hand). These were usually written on palm leaf, or on the specially prepared bark of a tree known as the birch, which grows in the Himalayas.
Inscriptions: These are writings on relatively hard surfaces such as stone or metal.

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