[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) › c13.13 # Indian Palaeography c13.13 Indian Palaeography c13.13 - **Language:** English ### [c13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13.13) In the initial vowels we have three additions to those used in Aśokan Brāhmī. The long \*ī\* is formed by adding a fourth dot to the three dots of the short \*i\*, each dot being placed at the four angles of the quadrangle (Fig. 6. I). Ojha reads the broken sign \[Figure:\] in the Barli inscription as \*vī\* and argues that the curved addition over \*va\* should be taken for long \*ī\*, but if he is correct this is a unique example, and in any case the letter is defective. Dr. D. C. Sircar - [Previous: c13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13.12) - [Next: c13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13.14) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13.13) · Pramāṇa