Indian Palaeography c12.s5.16

c12.s5.16

(xiv and xv) The letters *na* and *ṇa* should be taken together. *Na* is formed by drawing a perpendicular line on a horizontal base; while in the case of *ṇa* an additional horizontal line is given at the top of the vertical and at the same time both the horizontals are shortened in relation to the vertical line (Fig. 1). In some examples from the Mysore inscriptions the vertical is exceptionally prolonged.