Indian Palaeography c14.s1.4

c14.s1.4

Of much later date are the inscribed pottery fragments from Ṭor Ḍheri in the Loralai district of North Baluchistan.⁵ These are also written with ink. Here the medial vowels *i* and *ī* have a curly flourish, but medial *ā* optionally has the later form used in the Gupta records. The triangular base of *ma* has an open mouth. On palaeographical grounds the inscriptions should be dated in the close of the fourth century a.d.