Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c7.s3.t6.4

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c7.s3.t6.4

Third, as noted earlier (2.1.3), the diacritically modified syllabic system of Kharoṣṭhī can be best explained in historical terms as a refinement of the Semitic consonant-syllabic system.¹⁷⁰ The nondifferentiation of vowel length in Kharoṣṭhī can be seen as an intermediate stage of development between the consonant-syllabic Semitic prototype and the fully vocalized Indic system as found in Brāhmī.

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