Indian Palaeography c15.s1.16

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C VI. *The Deccani style.* This is found for the first time in the inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas, in the Eran pillar inscription of Samudra Gupta, and in the Udayagiri cave inscription of Chandra Gupta II (Fleet, no. 3). In the fifth century A.D. its influence was felt in the inscriptions of the Kadambas, the Gurjaras of Broach, the Western Chālukyas, and the Pallavas and the Madharas in Andhra. It survived in the inscriptions of the kings of Śarabhapura and those of the Eastern Gaṅgas to the end of the seventh century A.D. Its influence is also noticeable in the Bilsad inscription of Kumāra Gupta I. This style did not leave any trace in the later scripts.