Indian Palaeography c15.s2.22

c15.s2.22

It may be noted that in the inscriptions of Mahānāman the *kuṭila* forms are not uniformly followed. They are invariably found in the inscriptions of Harshavardhana. The spurious Gaya plate is nearer in date to the inscriptions of the later Guptas, which are a step forward in the development of the *kuṭila* forms. The Deo-barnark inscription shows a few remarkable forms not seen in the earlier inscriptions. The plates¹ of the time of Śaśāṅka, dated in the (Gupta) year 300 and the Cuttack Museum plates² of Mādhavavarman, dated (Harsha) year 50, are in the style of the seventh century, but the medial vowels used there are not very ornamental.