Indian Palaeography c17.s6.6

c17.s6.6

(iii) Pl. XXI. 9 is taken from the tablet inscriptions found in Kedah site no. 2. The head-marks are not properly given. Wherever found, they are of the notched type. The forms of the letters show a simplified version of the seventh-century style already known from the region of Fou-nan. Important to note are the short verticals of the initial *a*, *ka*, *ra*, and *ña* in the conjunct *jña*. Western Indian forms are recognizable in the initial *i*, which has a double roof with a tail below, the open-mouthed type of *ṇa*, *dha* with its upper end narrowed, and *la* with its upper curl extended as in the inscriptions of the Maitrakas of Valabhī (Pl. XIV*b*). Another Western Indian form is the initial *ā*, which has a long vertical added on the right of the form of *a*.