Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c8.s6.t1.14

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But the inscriptions of the 10th, 11th and later centuries² (plate VIII, cols. XVII—XX) offer a new variety, which is more strongly modified through the influence of the Grantha. The *ṭa*, *pa* and *va* have now the peculiar Grantha forms. Besides, in the 11th century begins the development of the little strokes, hanging down on the left of the tops of *ka*, *ṅa*, *ca*, *ta* and *na*. In the 15th century (plate VIII, cols. XIX, XX) these pendants are fully formed, and *ka* shows a loop on the left. It is worthy of note that in the later Tamil inscriptions the use of the Virāma (Pulli) first becomes rarer and finally ceases,³ while in the quite modern writing the Virāma is again marked by a dot.