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Page 48
... of the equatorial plane with the plane of the ecliptic ) the entry of the sun in one of which ( the vernal equinox ) marks the beginning of a solar year . The great circle 48 [ J. B. O. R. S. The Antiquity of writing in India .
... of the equatorial plane with the plane of the ecliptic ) the entry of the sun in one of which ( the vernal equinox ) marks the beginning of a solar year . The great circle 48 [ J. B. O. R. S. The Antiquity of writing in India .
Page 59
... marks , some of which resemble letters of the alphabet , others look like rough attempts to represent trees or some lower animals . Some of these are considered as old as 6000 B. C. It is , however , doubtful if the signs were ever ...
... marks , some of which resemble letters of the alphabet , others look like rough attempts to represent trees or some lower animals . Some of these are considered as old as 6000 B. C. It is , however , doubtful if the signs were ever ...
Page 115
... marks were . I have however tried , in the plate attached , to write down most of the letters according to the system described above . A comparison of these with the Bráhmí of the inscriptions and the present day Devanagarí characters ...
... marks were . I have however tried , in the plate attached , to write down most of the letters according to the system described above . A comparison of these with the Bráhmí of the inscriptions and the present day Devanagarí characters ...
Page 116
... mark if the formation of this alphabet is placed four or five centuries before the scientific arrangement of the letters . In the absence of any old inscriptions or references it is impossible to say definitely what was the original ...
... mark if the formation of this alphabet is placed four or five centuries before the scientific arrangement of the letters . In the absence of any old inscriptions or references it is impossible to say definitely what was the original ...
Page 118
... marks scratched on it . These undoubtedly represent some sort of pictograph or hieroglyphic writing . 131 symbols have been discovered which resemble the letters , or rather syllables , and words of the Accadian or Chaldæan pictograph ...
... marks scratched on it . These undoubtedly represent some sort of pictograph or hieroglyphic writing . 131 symbols have been discovered which resemble the letters , or rather syllables , and words of the Accadian or Chaldæan pictograph ...
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