On the Origin of the Indian Brahma Alphabet c8.62
On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet c8.62
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Thomas. He has recognised that the palatal *ña* consists of two dental *na*, joined together, and it may be added that in the Aśoka Edicts sometimes the right half and sometimes the left half is only rudimentary, as shown by the two specimens given in the Table. He has also asserted that the Anusvāra is nothing but a subscript small *ma*, which proposition is perfectly evident in the form given in the table, less apparent, but not less true in other cases, for which I must refer to Tafel I. 29. IV of my *Grundriss der indischen Palaeographie*.