Indian Palaeography c12.s5.3

c12.s5.3

(ii) The letter *kha* resembles a fish-hook upside down, with a dot or a circle at the end of the longer arm, but the primary form is the latter, as shown in the last chapter (Fig. 4. V). This dot or circle is very rarely missing (Delhi-Topra P.E., Pl. III*a*). The long arm is bent in some cases, thus making a cursive form (Delhi Topra P.E. VII). In the Mysore inscriptions the dot is thickened, recalling the circle. *Kha* with a circle is confined to North Indian inscriptions but is found in the Dhauli and Jaugad S.E., while *kha* with a dot is common to all the inscriptions except the Kalasi R.E. *Kha* with a triangle in place of a circle, noticed by Bühler at Kalasi, is hardly observable. The triangle is really a cursive circle, as shown in Pl. III*a* (Kalasi R.E.).