Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c7.s2.t6.45

c7.s2.t6.45

In the upper part of southern India, what may now be called the Telugu-Kannada script continued its separate development. Changes in the characters were largely determined by a strong tendency toward rounded and enclosed forms; thus ð *ka* and 0 *ra* have fully enclosed shapes, and the left member of ౠ *ya* grew into an ovoid. The base of several letters such as *pa*, *da*, and *tha* (౎) developed a pronounced notch, which was to become characteristic of the later forms of the script.