Indian Epigraphy c7.s4.12

c7.s4.12

Nasta'līq is seen in inscriptions from the first half of the 16th century A.D. It is a beautiful combination of the Naskh (the ordinary hand) and the Ta'līq or the 'hanging' writing which is the elegant court hand of the Persians.³ During the following two centuries, it almost entirely replaced Naskh, although the latter's artistic variety known as Thulth was used for religious epigraphs in Arabic exactly as Kūfic was employed in the earlier period.