Authenticity of the Russian birch bark manuscripts

What is the oldest birch bark manuscript?

The oldest dated birch bark manuscripts are numerous Gandhāran Buddhist texts from approximately the 1st century CE, from what is now Afghanistan.

What is the name of the bark on which manuscript was written?

The correct answer is birch. Manuscripts were usually written on palm leaf, or on the specially prepared bark of a tree known as the birch, which grows in the Himalayas, while inscriptions were engraved either on a stone surface or on bricks or metals.

What are the Birchbark letters of Novgorod?

The birchbark letters also provide a trove of naming information, showing both given and bynames in the Novgorodian dialect, as well as allowing connections to be made between people and locations in the archaeological record based on where letters are found.

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