Dr Ramasamy sharing a story on some of the items on display with Shri Mridul (centre) and guests at the Penang Indian Heritage Museum’s new wing in Jalan Macalister. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI and LIM BENG TATT/The Star
THE Olai Chuvadi, better known as palm-leaf manuscripts, are now one of the most treasured artefacts on display at the Penang Indian Heritage Museum in Jalan Macalister.
The dried palm leaves was the chief writing material in the Indian subcontinent and South-East Asia from as far back as the fifth century.
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