On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c5.111
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c5.111
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c5.111
[30] The omission of the four liquid vowels may also be inferred from the fragments of an alphabet of the Maurya period, originally discovered by Sir A. Cunningham at Mahābodhi Gayā¹ and lately re-examined by Dr. G. A. Grierson.² In the cloistered walk, which according to the tradition Aśoka erected over the supposed Caṅkama of Buddha, there is a double row of pillar bases,³ eleven on each side, on which according to Dr. Grierson the following letters are still visible: