Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c7.s19.t1.16

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(10) The loop or triangle of *kha*, which represents the ancient circle (plate II, 10, VI, and above, § 3, A, 19), stands, in all the greatly varying forms of the letters, at the left of the verticals. The very considerable differences in the shape of the left limb are partly due to the flattening of the top of the letter and still more to the various ornamental changes of the wedge, which first was added to the lower end of the ancient hook.