Indian Palaeography c9.s5.11

c9.s5.11

A fuller idea about the strokes can be obtained from Pl. II*b*, group F, where we see them ranging from 1 to 12. In one case (Pl. II*b*. IX. 12) we can count 15. Whether they all signify numerals cannot be dogmatically asserted, but some of them obviously suggest it. In the ninth row over Ts we have 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 15 strokes. In the tenth row we have only 4 in the first group; 3 and 4 in the second group; and 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in the third group. The long strokes in the line occur in groups of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The smaller strokes show 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12. It is difficult to say whether these are different systems of enumeration, or whether some represent tens, hundreds, &c.