On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c8.42
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c8.42
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c8.42
No 11. *Lamed*, consisting of a vertical with an appendage at the foot had, as stated above, to be turned topsy-turvy in order to yield the Kharoṣṭhī *la*, with which Dr. Taylor and M. Halévy have identified it. Moreover, the curve which then stood at the top was converted into a broken line¹ and attached a little below the top of the vertical, in order to avoid a collision with *A*. The signs of the Papyri (Col. II) are mostly far advanced and cursive, so that they can not be considered the prototypes of the Kharoṣṭhī *la*.