Indian Palaeography c17.s6.4

c17.s6.4

There is another inscription from Kedah,¹ found in the ruins of a brick building near Bukit Mariam. Its first part is a Buddhist creed. No photograph is now available as the inscription is lost, but if the drawing is representative of the writing it should be dated in the sixth century A.D. We have here looped forms of *ṇa*, *na*, and *ta*, but *ṇa* also shows double loops, as in the Tham Prasat inscription of Mahendravarman (Pl. XX*a*. 9). The medial *i* and *ī* are of the circle type. *E* is of the foot type with its mouth opening upwards. The medial *ā* and *e* are extended downwards. Notches are seen in the sides of *pa*, *ma*, and *va*.