Indian Palaeography c15.s9.t2.2

c15.s9.t2.2

(i) Pl. XVII. 7 and 8 illustrate the style of the first half of the seventh century A.D., and Pl. XVII. 9 gives the style of the later half of that century. The difference between the two styles is well marked. In the later style the curves are extended farther, the initial *i* develops a tail in its double roof, the medial vowels prolong their vertical ticks downwards, and the lower verticals in *ka* and *ra* are doubled. There is hardly any difference in the form of the letters used in the inscriptions of the Eastern and the Western Chāḷukyas at this time, except in the two letters mentioned above. Hence the description need not be repeated.