Indian Palaeography c15.s5.1

c15.s5.1

This section is not confined to one homogeneous region. It includes the different geographical zones that lie between North India and the Deccan. Quite naturally, the style of writing was not uniform throughout this area. But as a whole it had one common feature in that it received cultural influences both from the north and the south. Here the two cultural traits often came in conflict with each other, and this clash of the cultural ideals of north and south is mirrored in the styles of writing of this area. Out of this conflict the area produced a new style of its own, which spread to the Gangetic Valley and changed the characters of the Deccan.