This is a blog which keeps track of news and events related to Indian History.
The word, Palm Leaf, was chosen as it was a popular medium of writing in India for almost two thousand years. Letters were written on a dried, smoothed, smoke treated leaves of palm trees using a stylus. These were then blackened with vegetable juice and lamp black. This site hopes to be the electronic version of those palm leaves.
Even though the tagline says, A look at India’s Past, I don’t plan to cover each and every topic related to our history. So you will not see much mythology or discussions of various religious texts. Instead there will be archaeological news, coverage of development of language, and information on people, places and monuments. There will be more posts about the Mauryan empire, Saraswathi-Sindu civilization and Kerala due to my current interest in those areas.
About Me: I am a Software Engineer with an interest in Indian History. My other blog is varnam. You can contact me at jk AT varnam.org
The Palm Leaf 
Hey.
I am kashmiri, in US.
Your thing about kashmiris being the lost tribe got me interested.
I know about it, have heard a lot.
Just curious, if you can tell me more.
Thanks!
Hey,
Your blog is most interesting! Had a great time going through some of the entries.
I’m currently working on a project to design a numismatics exhibition. As a history enthusiast (hope you don’t mind my asking) what would you most like to see in an exhibition about Indian coins from 2000.BC to the present? Anything that might catch your interest in particular? Any suggestions or memories about the same?
If you get the time do reply at the above email address. Would be great to get another perspective on things.
Sincerly,
Ruchita
Hi Ruchita,
I did not get your e-mail address from the comment. Could you mail to jk @ varnam . org