The invention created during the time of the Yuan Dynasty was paper. At first the Chinese used bones, tortoise shells, and bamboo slips. But, they realized that they needed something better they needed paper! First they tried making paper out of hemp and silk but, the quality was far from satisfactory. Besides these two materials could be used for some other invention. Even books were for reading and for weights because the materials that they used made them so heavy! The materials that they used at the time were wood or bamboo slips. In 105 A.D. Cai Lun invented paper out of worn fishnet, bark, and cloth. The materials that he used could be found at a much lower cost so that large quantities of paper could be produced. The art of paper making was brought all over the world and finally ended up in India in the eleventh century when Chinese monks journeyed there in search of Buddhist sutras.
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