Tien-Lcheu

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Tien-Lcheu was a Chinese philosopher. He was credited for being the inventor of Indian ink in 2697 BC.[1] The type of ink that he invented was a mixture of pine smoke's soot, lamp oil mixed with gelatin on donkey's skin and musk. His invention became common by 1200 BC.

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  1. ^ http://barnyard.syr.edu/~vefatica/writing.txt
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