Indian Palaeography c14.s3.3

c14.s3.3

Inscription no. 56 on the same plate of Marshall has been dated by N. G. Majumdar in the fourth century a.d., probably because of the appearance of the tailed *ma* and open-mouthed *ṇa*. But these appear in the Kosam region much earlier. The style of writing is not very different from that of the other inscriptions, except that the head-mark in this case is a solid triangle. This inscription may be dated in the beginning of the third century A.D.