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INDEX Balad Sinjar, 296
Beth Shemesh, 204, 208 f. Balaji Avaji, 372
Bewcastle, 509 Balasore District, 370
Bhadravarman, 403 405 Balbodh script, 371 f.
Bhadrawal, 373 Balearic Islands, 269
Bhagalpur, 367 Balinese, 421 f., 426 f.
Bhaishuki lipi; see "Arrow-head" type Balkan Peninsula, 269, 327. 485
Bharhut inscription, 343 Balkh, 348
Bhatias; see Thattai Ball games, 120 f.
Bhattiprolu inscriptions, 337, 341 Ballymote (Book of). 529
Bhautta; see Tibetan Balti seript, 98, 298 ff., 352, 568 Bhojpuri script, 367. 369 f. Balto-Slavonic, 347
Bhotanta, Bhotia, see Tibetan Balu'a inscription, 207
Bhutan, 352 Baluchistan, 277
Bible, Biblical manuscripts, 181, 183. Balu Kumba, 430
223, 235 f., 249, 253, 261, 264 ff., Bal Ya'qub, 300
282, 309, 320, 322, 375, 473 Bambhi; see Brahmi
Bibliographies; at ends of chapters or Bamiyan, 348
sections, and of book. Bamun script, 151 ff., 179, 448
Bicol (Bikol), 433 Bangala (Tribe), 28 f.
Bi-consonantal phonograms, 60, 63, Bangarh grant, 363
191, 196 Bangka (Island), 427
Bihari scripts, 342, 365, 366 1., 369 f. Baniya script see Waniko
Bihistun inscription, 36, 187 ff. Bantam, 423 f.
Bilingual inscriptions, 226, 248, 255, Bantia bronze tablet, 503
259, 267, 271, 279, 286 Bantu languages, 295, 552, 562
Bilingual manuscripts, 310, 316, 347 Banyumas, +24
403, 410, 424, 464, 466, 497, 525 ff. Baradæus, Jacob, 287
Bimbisare, 334 Bar Kochba's revolt, 243
Bind-runes, 523 Baroda, 368
"Binding" of Aztec Codices, 125 Basa Kavi; see Kavi
Bini State and tribe, 363 Basa Kedatan; see Kedaran
Bird-oghams, 529 Bashahr State, 375
Bird-script, 108 Bashbah; see 'P'ags-pa and Passepa Bisaya script, 330, 432 ff., 439 Bashkir Turkish, 568
"Black letter", 537, 549 f. Basic Chinese, too; - English, 558; Black Sea, 279, 322, 511, 514, 516 -Malay, 420
Bo, 181 Basingestockes, John, 571
Bodh-Gaya inscription, 358 Basque, 252
Bodia script; see Sarafi Basra, 271 f., 276
Bod-pa, Bod-skad, Bod-yul; sedTibetan Batak, 331, 421, 428 f., 429 f., 435 f. Bemarken, 29 Batavia, 422
Baotia, 450, 458 Bath Zabbay; see Zenobia
Boethius, 571 "Bazaar" Malay; see Basic Malay Boghaz-köy, 53, 90 f. Bedouins, 230
Bohairic dialect, 470 Behring Sea, 157
Bohemian; sce Czech Belarmino, 434. 436, 439
Bolivia, 15+ Belgaum, 337
Bolongas, 29 Bell-script, 108
Bolzano inscriptions, 499 ff. Bella lingua, 497
Bomarzo, 494, 496 Benares, 340, 367
Bombay Presidency, 337, 342, 372, 380 Beneventana minuscule, 544
Bongabong, 433 Bengali, 26, 330, 339, 363 f., 365, 367,
Boni, 430 369, 378, 387, 407 f., 427
Book capitals, 541 Berar, 372
Book hands, 458, 537, 541 f., 544 ff., Berat (Albania), 488
549 f. Berber, 247, 249, 252, 269, 276; see also
Borneo, 402, 421, 423, 426 f., 430, 433 Libya
Bornholm Island, 513 Berezan' stone, 511
Borrowing of signs, 112, 554