[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) › c13.18 # Indian Palaeography c13.18 Indian Palaeography c13.18 - **Language:** English ### [c13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13.18) There is also one addition to the consonants, found once at Sanchi and once at Mathura. This is the West Indian \*ḷa\*. At Sanchi it occurs in the place-name \*Vāḷivahana\*¹ which has been spelt in other places as \*Vāḍivahana\*; and at Mathura it is used in the word \*kāla-vāḷa\*,² which Bühler takes for \*kāla-vyāla\*. It is formed from the letter \*ṭa\* (Fig. 6. VIII). This letter resembles \*ḍha\*, but it is distinct. It should not be confused with the North Indian \*ḍa\*, but should be taken as representing similar sounds occurring in the Dravidian languages and is to be regarded as the parent of the West Indian \*ḷa\*, which survives in modern Marathi. - [Previous: c13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13.17) - [Next: c13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13.19) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Sāñcī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sanchi) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c13.18) · Pramāṇa