Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c7.s2.t6.39

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¹¹¹ This characteristic of the southern scripts is usually explained as a result of the exigencies of writing with a stylus on palm leaves. This explanation has, however, been challenged in IC II.680–1, where it is attributed to the influence of calligraphic tendencies.

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