Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c3.4

c3.4

| § 6 ... How it was deciphered . . . . . | 18 |
| § 7 ... Use and characteristics . . . . . | 18 |
| § 8 ... Origin . . . . . | 19 |
| § 9 ... Details of the derivation: — | |
| A. — Borrowed signs . . . . . | 20 |
| B. — Derivative signs . . . . . | 23 |
| § 10 ... The varieties of the Kharoṣṭhī of Plate I . . . . . | 24 |
| § 11 ... The archaic variety: — | |
| A. — The radical signs . . . . . | 25 |
| B. — Medial vowels and Anusvāra . . . . . | 26 |
| C. — Ligatures . . . . . | 26 |
| § 12 ... Changes in the later varieties: — | |
| A. — The radical signs . . . . . | 27 |
| B. — Medial vowels and Anusvāra . . . . . | 28 |
| C. — Ligatures . . . . . | 29 |