Writing on Writing Materials (Part-1)
[1] About 5,500 years ago, ‘history’ began. In other words, Man developed writing system - a marvellous technology which allowed him to record information, ideas and discoveries. He was no longer needed to depend only on his memory. He had found the way to visually represent his words in the form of signs. These ‘written’ words could now be used for communication across long distances and, most importantly, passed on to the future generation with unprecedented reliability. The invention of writing system was, indisputably, one of the greatest achievements of humanity. [2] To me, the very process of writing is fascinating. However, what captivates me the most are the tools or materials involved in this process. Through this series of blogs, I intend to share whatever I know about the evolution of writing materials throughout the course of history, in a concise manner. This particular blog (i.e., part-1 of the series), is about the writing materials used in the ancient region known