Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c7.s17.t2.2

c7.s17.t2.2

(1) The lower parts of the right-hand verticals of *A*, *Ā*, *ga*, *ḍa*, *ta*, *bha* and *śa* are so much elongated, and those of *ka* and *ra* remain so long, that these eight signs have about double the length of those without verticals. This is particularly visible in the older stone inscriptions; on the copper-plates they are often shortened.