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⁷⁵ Several other early Brāhmī inscriptions, such as Deoṭek (V. V. Mirashi, *Studies in Indology* I.109–17) and Barḷī (K. P. Jayaswal, JBORS 16, 1930, 67–8) have been attributed by some scholars to the Mauryan, or even the pre-Mauryan period. But more cautious scholars are generally inclined to attribute these records to the Śuṅga period on the grounds of paleographic features which are slightly more advanced than Aśokan Brāhmī.