Dear friends,

A student of mine sent me some pictures of a palm leaf manuscript they were gifted asking me if it is real and if so what the script is. It is certainly real, but I am not an expert in Southern scripts and figure someone here can give me the answer fairly immediately. It is said to be the Ramāyana.

With my best wishes,
Charles

Dr. Charles DiSimone
Department of Languages and Cultures
Ghent University