Indian Palaeography c3.16

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c3.16

The remaining symbols from 5 to 100 are all derived from this symbol of ten but the principle of derivation is different from that seen in Kharoshṭhī. There the derivation is simple as the unit is twenty, which is actually double ten. In Brāhmī also the symbol for twenty is a full circle or ellipse, with handle inside depicted by a line or dot. This symbol of twenty is actually double ten as seen in Brāhmī:

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