Indian Palaeography c15.s2.16.4

c15.s2.16.4

7 is taken from the Bodhgaya inscription of Mahānāman, dated in the (Gupta) year 269; no. 8 mainly from the Banskhera copper plate of Harshavardhana; no. 9 from the spurious Gaya copper plate of Samudra Gupta; no. 10 from the Aphsaḍ inscription of Ādityasena; and no. 11 from the Deobarnark inscription of Jīvitagupta. All these inscriptions, except no. 9 (which is a simplified version but crudely drawn), show ornamental medial vowels and the *kuṭila* (bent right vertical) form of the letters. The inscription of Mahānāman marks the beginning of this style of writing in this region. This style is a further step from the writing seen in (*c*) above.