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Indian Palaeography c18.s5: Conclusion

Indian Palaeography c18.s5

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Conclusion

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In the above description and the chart given in Pl. XXIII an attempt is made to point out different tendencies, as they developed through the centuries during which Kharoṣṭhī was in vogue. The inscriptions selected, with one exception, are those which are definitely dated. The forms given in the chart are my own reproductions of the letters as finally ascertained after examining the different examples. It has been my endeavour to reconstruct the most usual form of the letters, out of which the individual writers created their own style of writing. In these general forms Kharoṣṭhī maintains a uniformity throughout the periods that it was in use. This uniformity of the Kharoṣṭhī, as opposed to the changing forms of the Brāhmī script, speaks of a wider cultural unity in this region.

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The following list follows the arrangement of the plate.

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1. (i) Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra R.E. of Aśoka, E. Hultzsch, *C.I.I.* i, *Inscriptions of Aśoka*, Oxford, 1925, pp. 50–84.

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2. (i) Coin legends of the Indo-Greeks, except those of Hermaeus and other late rulers, Percy Gardner, *Catalogue of Indian Coins in the British Museum, Greek and Scythian Kings of Bactria and India*, London, 1886.

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3. (i) The Bajaur casket of the reign of Menander by N. G. Majumdar in *Epigraphia Indica*, xxiv. 1–8 (only nos. A, A 1 and A 2). For correction see Sten Konow in *New Indian Antiquary*, ii. 647.
(ii) Swat relic vase inscription of the Meridarkh Theodoros, Konow, *C.I.I.* ii. 4 and pl. I.

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⁴ (i) The Bajaur casket inscription (the remaining inscriptions), *op. cit.*
(ii) Taxila copper plate inscription of a Meridarkh, Konow, *C.I.I.* ii. 5 and pl. I.

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⁵ (i) Shahdaur inscription of Damijada, dated year 60, *ibid.*, p. 16 and pl. III.
(ii) Shahdaur inscription of Śivarakshita, *ibid.*, p. 17 and pl. III.
(iii) Mansehra inscription of the year 68, *ibid.*, p. 20 and pl. IV.
(iv) Fatehjang stone inscription of the year 68, *ibid.*, p. 22 and pl. IV.

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⁶ (i) Taxila copper plate inscription of Patika, dated year 78, *ibid.*, pp. 28–29 and pl. V.

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⁷ (i) Takht-i-Bahi inscription of Gudavhara, dated year 103, *ibid.*, p. 62 and pl. XII.

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⁸ (i) Mathura lion capital inscriptions of the time of Rajula, *ibid.*, p. 48, pls. VII–IX.

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9. (i) Taxila silver scroll inscription of the time of the great king Khushaṇa, year 136, ibid., p. 77 and pl. XIV.
(ii) Taxila gold plate inscription, ibid., p. 86 and pl. XVII.

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10. (i) Sui Vihar inscription, dated in the 11th year of the reign of Kanishka, ibid., p. 141 and pl. XXVI.

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11. (i) Ara inscription of Kanishka son of Vajheshka, year 41, ibid., p. 165 and pl. XXXII.

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12. (i) Wardak inscription of the reign of Huvishka, year 51, ibid., p. 170 and pl. XXXIII.

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13. (i) *Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions*, pt. i edited by A. M. Boyer, E. J. Rapson, and E. Senart, Oxford, 1920; pt. ii published in 1927; and pt. iii in 1929.

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