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CBSE - History - Print Culture and the Modern World

Print Culture and the Modern World

Short Answer Type

Explain any three features of handwritten manuscripts before the age of print in India?

 1. They were copied on palm leaves or on handmade papers.
 2. Pages were beautifully illustrated.
 3. They were pressed between wooden covers or sewn together to ensure preservation.
 4. Manuscripts were available in vernacular languages.
 5. Highly expensive & fragile.
 6. They could not be read easily as script was written in different styles.
 7. They were not widely used in everyday life.

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