Indian Palaeography c15.s7.t1.9

c15.s7.t1.9

(ii) Pl. XV. 9 is taken from the Yekkeri rock inscription of the time of Pulekeśin II. In this as well as other inscriptions of this type the head-mark is again a small square, which does not affect the writing in any way. What is important is to decide the particular dynasty from whose record the style is borrowed. The Yekkeri style is obviously not in the local style of the Chālukyas, as the forms of *a*, *kha*, *ṇa*, *ba*, *ya* and *va* show. In fact in this inscription an attempt has been made to discard the influence of the stylus script. Relying on the forms of the letters, we can find their analogues in the inscriptions of the Gurjaras of Broach. It is from that source that the short curved hook of the letter *a*, the broad loop of *kha*, the looped *ṇa*, and the straight-sided *ba*, *ya* and *va* were derived. The medial vowels adopt the local style.