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Conclusions
Nāgari is the outcome of evolutionary process of Mauryan Brāhmi script and any consideration on its independent origin is superfluous. From Mauryan to the middle of the sixth century A.D., only a few letters resemble counterparts in Nāgarī. While towards the end of the sixth century, with the emergence of the Kuțila alphabet, the development in alphabet towards Nāgarī moves fast. Most of the letters, from the 7th century onwards undergo the process of development in forms of the letters with only the difference of full covering head-line and straight vertical. All characteristics of the Nāgari appear first about the end of the 10th century and approaches mature Nāgarī form by the 13th century A.D.
There are some variations in the Nāgarī script of different regions due to various factors, namely the writing material, the writing technique, different schools of writers and engravers and their individual interest and mannerisms, etc. However, script maintains a sort of unity during the developmental process. Some noticeable factors which are responsible for such type of development are reviewed below:
Learned persons from time to time have migrated from one place to the other and among other things they also affected writing styles. Rājasekhara has stated that many early poets, who had travelled widely, had
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