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⁴ Recently several other eminent historians have expressed their disagreement with Bühler's derivation. See Bhandarkar, "Origin of the Indian Alphabet," *Sir Asutosh Mukerji Jubilee Volumes*, Vol. III, 1922, p. 493; H. C. Ray, "The Indian Alphabet," *IA*, III, 1924, p. 233; also *Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Valley Civilisation*, 1931, p. 424, where the following remark occurs: "I am convinced that all attempts to derive the Brâhmî alphabet from Semitic alphabets were complete failures."