Indian Palaeography c15.s7.9.4

c15.s7.9.4

Only a very few forms, such as *i* with a curved roof, *e* with a quadrangular loop, *kha* with an insignificant looped base, *ta* with an angular hook on the left, *ma* with its loop tilted to the left, and *va* with a quadrangular loop, are distinctive of this region. But most important is the fact that the solid square head-marks have decidedly influenced the angular forms of the letters. Thus in a sense the square of the head-mark leads to the creation of angular forms.