Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c6.s4.t2.2

c6.s4.t2.2

(1) One of the elements of a phonetically cognate letter is transposed: (*a*) in *sa* and *sa*, where the cross-bar of the oldest sign has been displaced (see above, A, No. 15); (*b*) in *da*, which has been derived from *dha* (Weber) by dividing the vertical stroke, and by attaching the two pieces to the upper and lower ends of the curve, whence first the *da* of the Drāviḍī and of the Patnā seal, No. 4, col. VI, *a*, was derived, and, with the turn to the left, the ordinary form of the Brāhmī, No. 4, col. VI, *b*, and further the angular *da*, No. 4, col. VI, *f*.