Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c3.6

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c3.6

| § 13 ... How it was deciphered . . . . . | 29 |
| § 14 ... Common characteristics of the ancient inscriptions ... ... ... | 30 |
| § 15 ... The varieties of the Brāhmī and Drāviḍī in Plates II. and III. ... ... | 31 |
| § 16 ... The older Maurya alphabet; Plate II: — | |
| A. — Geographical extension and duration of use . . . . . | 33 |
| B. — Local varieties . . . . . | 33 |
| C. — The radical signs or Mātṛkās . . . . . | 34 |
| D. — Medial vowels and Anusvāra . . . . . | 37 |
| E. — Ligatures . . . . . | 37 |

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