Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c6.s1.1

c6.s1.1

The Cave Numerals, given in Plate xxiii., are taken from those which occur in the inscriptions of the Western Caves as far as the second line is concerned; the upper are from the Mathura inscriptions[^2). The two inscriptions of the Veṅgi dynasty (as I have termed it already) which preceded the Cālukyas, and therefore must be earlier than the seventh century A. D., have the plates numbered. In one, numerals occur up to *three*, and in the other (which is given in Plate xxiv.) up to *four*; these are collected in Plate xxiii. The Pallava inscriptions (which are a little later) supply the figures for *five* and *six*.