Indian Palaeography c17.s8.10

c17.s8.10

In these letter forms we find a mixture of the northern and southern types, and we also see a deliberate attempt to adapt these forms to write the Pyu language. The latest forms copied belong to the sixth century A.D. If we leave aside the form of *a*, which may be the result of simplification, there is nothing in the other letters which can suggest a date earlier than fifth century A.D. The presence of so many northern forms as well as those of the Chālukyan type suggests that the person who adopted this writing knew these different characters. The evidence further suggests that this adaptation could hardly have been made before the sixth century A.D.