An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c25.s4.37

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These protoregional scripts developed into the modern regional scripts of India. Some of these are still used for the regional languages, but some others went out of use. At the beginning of the Gupta period alphabets in the Madhya Pradesh area developed square and triangular head-marks which could be either solid or hollow and are designated as box-head. This style persisted in Madhya Pradesh and some countries of S.-E. Asia up to the end of the 8th century A.D.