[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Palaeography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963) › c11.30 # Indian Palaeography c11.30 Indian Palaeography c11.30 - **Language:** English ### [c11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c11.30) This similarity hardly leaves any doubt that Indian Brāhmī was created on the basis of the North Semitic letters. But Brāhmī is not a slavish adoption of the North Semitic signs. There is considerable local genius visible in its formation. The most fundamental change introduced by the Indians is in giving a definite direction to the letters. The way in which \*'aleph\* is changed into \*a\*, \*lamed\* into \*la\*, &c., suggests that Indian Brāhmī was written from left to right from the very beginning. - [Previous: c11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c11.29) - [Next: c11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c11.31) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c11.30) · Pramāṇa