On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c7.s1.1
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c7.s1.1
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c7.s1.1
Before proceeding to the details, it will be desirable to state the principles, on which the twenty-two signs of the Semitic alphabet seem to have been turned into Brāhma letters. Even a superficial examination of the Brāhma alphabet shows the following chief characteristics:—