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On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c7.s1.11

On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c7.s1.11

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c7.s1.11

No 3. The identity of the Indian *ga* with the Semitic signs is so evident that it has been always recognised. I will only add that there are numerous instances in the Edicts where one of the sides of the angle is shorter than the other. The formal looking very pointed angles with perfectly straight equal sides are characteristic of the Western and Southern versions.