Indian Palaeography c12.s4.9

c12.s4.9

*The letters u and o.* *U* is formed with two straight lines meeting generally at a right angle, and very rarely at an acute angle, the angle opening on the right. The vertical line is usually longer than the horizontal, suggesting that the former was drawn first. *O* is formed by adding a horizontal bar to the top left of *u*, but the whole letter is made in one action starting from the top left end, and consequently in *o* the middle vertical line is inclined (Fig. 4. IV). In the Dhauli and Jaugad R.E.s the letter *o* is formed in the reverse fashion, as shown in the same figure.