Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c8.s5.t2.17
Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c8.s5.t2.17
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(12) The frequent separation of medial *ā*, *e*, *ai*, *o*, *au*, from the Mātṛkā (constant in plate VIII, col. XIII), as well as the use of the *ā* standing above the line, as in the northern alphabet of this period and in the Central-Indian script (compare plate VII, 17, 19, 21, 31—33, XXIII; 8, 24, XXIV).