Re: Japanese RTL (was RE: Mongolian (was RE: Syriac and Mongolian

From: Roozbeh Pournader (roozbeh@sina.sharif.ac.ir)
Date: Fri Jan 14 2000 - 10:48:54 EST


On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, RajKumar wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Frank da Cruz wrote:
>
> > Isn't the Taj Mahal covered with verses from the Koran? (Carved in
> > stone?)
>
> i am not sure of Taj Mahal but in north India, their are a lot of carved
> Arabic and many are done in beautifull calligraphy. Arabic calligraphy was
> a major art form during the mughal times

I meant any carvings from the time before the wide usage of papyrus.

--Roozbeh



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