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Page 47
... Bráhmí alphabet of the inscriptions , which , as far as known , was not prevalent anywhere else at the time , could spring up in India all of a sudden ? It must have started long before the time of Asoka . The assumption is , therefore ...
... Bráhmí alphabet of the inscriptions , which , as far as known , was not prevalent anywhere else at the time , could spring up in India all of a sudden ? It must have started long before the time of Asoka . The assumption is , therefore ...
Page 101
... Bráhmí . It will be shown later that this was actually the case , the Indian alphabetical symbols having been designed on a scientific principle . It is difficult to find when the change into the scientific stage , i . e . the phonetic ...
... Bráhmí . It will be shown later that this was actually the case , the Indian alphabetical symbols having been designed on a scientific principle . It is difficult to find when the change into the scientific stage , i . e . the phonetic ...
Page 105
... ( Bráhmí ) fares at the test . We have seen it has a hoary antiquity behind it , that its scientific stage was reached about 1700 B. C. although it could not yet produce any inscription dating earlier than fifth century B.C. The letters ...
... ( Bráhmí ) fares at the test . We have seen it has a hoary antiquity behind it , that its scientific stage was reached about 1700 B. C. although it could not yet produce any inscription dating earlier than fifth century B.C. The letters ...
Page 106
... Bráhmí are a certain pedantie formation found also in other Indian creations , a desire to frame signs suited for the formation of regular lines , and an aversion to top - heavy characters . The last peculiarity is pro- bably due in ...
... Bráhmí are a certain pedantie formation found also in other Indian creations , a desire to frame signs suited for the formation of regular lines , and an aversion to top - heavy characters . The last peculiarity is pro- bably due in ...
Page 105
... ( Bráhmí ) fares at the test . We bave seen it has a boary antiquity behind it , that its scientific stage was reacbed about 1700 B. C. although it could not yet produce any inscri tion datin ; earlier than fifth century B.C. The letters ...
... ( Bráhmí ) fares at the test . We bave seen it has a boary antiquity behind it , that its scientific stage was reacbed about 1700 B. C. although it could not yet produce any inscri tion datin ; earlier than fifth century B.C. The letters ...
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