Indian Palaeography c12.s5.6

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(v) The letter *cha* has three main varieties: the first is formed by drawing a semi-circle to the bottom left of a vertical line. In this case the vertical line was probably drawn later (Pl. III*a*, Delhi Topra P.E. VII). In the second variety the vertical line is drawn first and then the semi-circle is made. As a result it is always less than the arc of a semi-circle. This second variety, when written cursively, produces the angular *cha*. It was probably formed in a single action beginning from the vertical (Fig. 4. VII). The second variety is most common, while the third is an optional form.