Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c7.s19.t1.14

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(9) *Ka* shows almost invariably¹ on the left a loop, caused by the connection of the end of the bent cross-bar with the Serif or wedge at the foot of the vertical, except in combinations with the subscribed vowels *u* and *ṛ* (see, *e. g.*, plate IV, 7, XIV; V, 10, III; VI, 15, XVI, XVII) or with other consonants (see, *e. g.*, plate IV, 41, XVI; V, 43, II, III; VI, 49, V, XV, XVII). In the Nāgarī inscriptions, the looped form occurs, however, not rarely also in the latter cases (see, *e. g.*, plate IV, 7, XX, XXII; V, 43, VII, X—XIII).