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ORIGIN OF THE BENGALI SCRIPT.

(c) In the Torpondighi grant we find the fully developed form. Cf. Indrāyudhaṁ (L. 1).

(d) This is the case in the Dacca image inscription. Cf. Adhikṛta (L. 1).

(e) The Bodh-Gayā inscription of Aśokacalla shows the use of the older form the only exception being that in Dharmma (L. 1).

(f) In the Gadādhara temple inscription of Gayā the modern form is used in all cases.

(g) The Cambridge Manuscripts show the use of the older form.[1]

20. Na:—

(a) The Māndā inscription shows the modern form with a wedge for its top stroke.

(b) The peculiar form of the Kamauli grant is due to a defect in the facsimile—the line joining the knob to the right vertical, being faint, has not come out well.[2]

(c) The modern form is to be found in all cases in the Torpondighi grant.

(d) This is also the case with the Dacca image inscription.

(e) The same form is used in the Bodh-Gayā inscription of Aśokacalla.

(f) This is also the case in the Gadādhara temple inscription of Gayā.

(g) The Cambridge Manuscripts clearly exhibit the use of the modern form.[3]


  1. Ibid, pl. VI, X, 33.
  2. Ibid, pl. V, XIX, 29.
  3. Ibid, pl. VI, X, 34.