Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c9.s3.t2.1
Indian Palaeography from about B.C. 350 to about A.D. 1300 c9.s3.t2.1
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Two systems of numeral notation, according to BURNELL originally South-Indian, which both employ the phonetically arranged characters of the alphabet, have still to be described, as they are not without interest for paleography. In the first system,⁸ only the vowelless consonants have any importance, and their numeral values are : —