Indian Palaeography c15.s5.t2.5

c15.s5.t2.5

Both *la* and *ha* have firm bases with two uprights and a hook. *Sa* has a hook on the left. The medial vowels are all of the same type as is seen in the Gupta inscriptions of the fifth century A.D. Other Gupta forms can be seen in *a* with a hook at the left limb below, the open-mouthed *ṇa*, the looped *na*, the angular *bha*, and the tailed *ma*. *Ya* has two forms, the tripartite with a loop at the left vertical, and the bipartite. The initial *e* has a flat top, but *ga* and *śa* have rounded tops. The initial *au* is unique, having a very simplified form of *a* with two additional curved strokes as in the medial *ū*. *Kha* has its upper hook short, and the base of *gha* is straight, while *cha* is of the beaked type. *Chha* is of the double-looped form. *Ja* has three straight arms attached to the left vertical. Both *ṭa* and *da* are angular but the two verticals of *ta* meet in an upper curve. *Tha* is oval with a mid-line. *Dha* is oblong. *Pa* optionally has its right arm bent, while the left side of *ba* is curved. In the conjuncts the notable forms are *ṅho* and *ṣṭhi*.