History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c20.12
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c20.12
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In taṭī the long ī was seen by Dr. Krishna (p. 54), but he refused to read it, to connect with it the next ka. Dr. Krishna has drawn in his tracing the form pu after Pallava but has read it as pa, with the result that he obtains Pāriyātrika. The next letter ṇa he has missed. The supposed ka of his sakasthāna is clearly ta; ha and ni (the next letters) he has completely missed. Evidently a part of the ligature in Sendraka is taken by him as a part of a y which does not exist. There is an i- or ī-mātrā on r (read by Dr. Krishna as ṇā of his Puṇāṭa); the suggestion of a straight line to the right at the tail-bend of the letter is no part of the letter which can be clearly seen under a magnifying glass.