If the location of the earliest printing presses in India were plotted on the map, it will be found that they all bug the coast line of the Peninsula, Goa, Cochin, Pudikoil, Vypicottah and Ambadalakkad, these places along the west coast represent the sources of the Indian   “Incunabulae”.  Tranquebor, Madras, Fort William, Calcutta and Serampore, along the East Coast represent the shaping period of Indian printing.  Bombay contributes its share towards the closing years of the second phase of the vigorous growth of early Indian printing.  Malayalam and Tamil are close contenders for the honour of being the first Indian Language to exploit movable type.  These were the findings of Mr. B.S.Kesavan, a noted figure in Library Education and documentation.

Below we give some historical dates as found out by Mr. R.Narayanan, the noted Printing Consultant.

Now we are making further strides.  With economy open globally, the printers have much more to perform