On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c8.47
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c8.47
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No 15. The identity of *pa* with *Phe* is plain enough (Thomas, Taylor, Halévy). The Semitic letter (Col. I) has been turned round [58] in order to avoid the resemblance to *A*. The form with a hook, attached to the right top of the vertical (Col. III, a) occurs still a few times in the Mansehra version of the Edicts. Usually the hook or curve is placed lower, as in Col. III, b, and it may be noted that in the Mansehra *pa* it is attached nearly always very high up, in the Shāhbāzgarhī letter not rarely lower.