A German author Thomas Ritter has recently authored a book
named 'The Secret of Indian Palm Leaf Libraries'.
In
his book on page 81 to 85 Mr. Thomas Ritter describes his
experiences of many Nadi centers he visited in India and the
result of Carbon 14 test conducted in the famous "Institute
for Ion Radiation of Physics Department 'placed in Nuclear
Research Centre, Rossendorph, Saxen, Germany. This institute
has been responsible to decide the age of ancient paintings
and other documents of national importance in Germany, Thomas
Ritter contacted expert C 14 scientists Prof. Fradrik and
Dr. Hanse of the institute. He also confirmed from the experts
on Tamil language in Germany that the matter is in fact Tamil
language script. It is about predictions and not some religious
matter.
On
preliminary checking the scientists said that the matter written
on the leaf has been etched out and some graphite like substance
has been used so that the matter could be seen more clearly.
Clearing the black substance from the leaf took some months.
By then Thomas Ritter became increasingly anxious about the
result. Some time in March 1995, he got the much awaited result,
which clearly indicated that the age of that particular leaf
was at least 350 years. Considering the deviation factor allowance
generally given for this type of tests the report said the
age could be between 350 to 400 years. |
