Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c7.s12.2

c7.s12.2

As the inscription on the crystal prism (No. X), found with the stone vessels, shows the ordinary Brāhmī except in the *da* opening to the right, it follows that the Drāviḍī was not used exclusively even in the Kistna districts, but together with the common old Indian alphabet. The small number of the inscriptions hitherto found, makes it impossible to say anything definite regarding the spread of this alphabet. And it is equally difficult to fix with certainty the time and the duration of its use. As king Kubiraka or Khubiraka (Kubera) is not known from other sources, we can only fall back on the never absolutely certain palæographic grounds.