Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c7.s19.t1.24

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(17) The suppression of the original base-stroke of the lingual *ṇa* occurs in ligatures (*ṇḍa*, plate IV, 21, XIX) since the 7th century, and in the uncombined sign since the 8th century (plate V, 24, III); compare also above, § 22, B, 10, and plate IV, 21, III. The sign soon after assumes the modern form and consists of a straight top-stroke with three lines hanging down from it (plate V, 24, VII, &c.; VI, 29, XV, &c.).