Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c7.s3.t4.6

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c7.s3.t4.6

As in Brāhmī, the inherent vowel system necessitates the formation of consonantal conjuncts or ligatures, though the methods and details of their formation in Kharoṣṭhī are somewhat different and sometimes problematic. The basic principle is the same as that of Brāhmī, with the two or more consonants of a phonetic cluster joined graphically from top to bottom, with or without abbreviation of one of them.

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