Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c7.s19.t1.31

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(24) The left limb of *bha*, mostly an inverted wedge with the point towards the right, is frequently changed into a triangle, open at the apex, from which the lower portion of the original vertical hangs down (plate IV, 30, XIX, &c.; V, 33, II, &c.). The modern Devanāgarī *bha* appears in the 12th century (plate V, 33, XX, &c.) and seems to be derived from the form with the wedge, for which latter a *Serif* was substituted.