Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c7.s19.t2.1

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c7.s19.t2.1

(1) Medial *ā*, *e*, *o*, *au*, as well as one of the Mātrās of *ai*, are placed very frequently above the line, and are then, particularly in the stone inscriptions, treated more or less ornamentally (see, *e. g.*, plate IV, cols. XIII—XVIII). More rarely, medial *i* and *ī* are treated in the same way.

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