Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c15.33

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61 — 6. See pl. xxvii. The old system was, then, in use up to the 7th century A. D. in Central India. This fact would put the common use of the cypher still later even than I suggest. It is obvious that the figures in pl. xxvii. are the prototypes of the modern Tamiḷ signs. I have also met with (Tamiḷ-Grantha) ௫=5; ௬=6; ௭=7, but of uncertain date. ? 10th century.