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FEBRUARY, 1908.]
The
occur only occasionally for the later sa with the horizontal cross-bar and the tripartite ya, following table shows the archaic forms to be found in Kuşana inscriptions discovered up to date :List of Brahmi Kusana inscriptions showing archaic forms occurring in them.
No. Year.
1
2
4
5
6
7
3 E. I., Vol. VIII, p. 173, and pl. iii-a
5
7
SCYTHIAN PERIOD OF INDIAN HISTORY.
Reference.
12 18
13
19
14 20
15 20
16 22
17 22
18 25
19
20 28 21 29
J. A. S. B., 1898, p. 274, and E. I., Vol. VIII, p. 179.
4
E. I., Vol. II, p. 201, No. 11; I. A., Jaina Vol. XXXIII, p. 33, No. 1.
5
E. I., Vol. I, p. 381, No. 1; I. A., Vol. XXXIII, p. 34, No. 4.
5
E. I., Vol. II, p. 201, No. 12; I. A., Vol. XXXIII, p. 33, No. 2.
5
A. S. R., Vol. III, p. 30, No. 2; I. A., Vol. XXXIII, p. 35, No. 5.
A. 9. R., Vol. III, p. 31, No. 3
E. I., Vol. I, p. 391, No. 19
...
000
8
9
9
A. S. R, Vol. III, p. 81, No. 4; I. A., Vol. XXXIII, p. 37, No. 6.
10 15
E. I., Vol. I, p. 382, No. 2
11 18
E. I., Vol. II, p. 202, No. 13
E. I., Vol. II, p. 202, No. 14; I. A., Doubtful Vol. XXXIII, p. 33, No. 3.
E. I., Vol. I, p. 383, No. 3
Jaina
...
...
22 29 E. I., Vol. II, p. 206, No. 26
...
I. A., Vol. VI, p. 217, and Vol. XXXIII, p. 38, No. 8.
E. I., Vol. I, p. 385, No. 6...
Religious Sect.
...
Buddhist
A
24 W. Z. K. M., V.
37
33
33
E. I., Vol. I, p. 395, No. 28; A. S. R., Vol. III, p. 31, No. 6.
E. I., Vol. I, p. 383, No. 4...
E. I., Vol. I, p. 395, No. 25
E. I., Vol. I, p. 391, No. 20
E. I., Vol. I, p. 384, No. 5; I. A.,
Vol. XXXIII, p. 37, No. 5.
A. S. R.. Vol. III, p. 31, No. 5; I. A., Doubtful Vol. XXXIII, p. 149, No. 25.
17
22
"1
=
12
"3
39
"
Jaina
X, p. 173.
...
10
Tripartite subscript ya throughout. Neatly incised characters. Lingual
a square and archaic. Palatal sa does not occur. Archaic sa-subscript ya bipartite only once. In all other cases it is tripartite.
No archaic forms.
"7
"9
REMARKS.
19
39
"
20
35
"2
Archaic sa, but bipartite ya.
No archaic forms.
Archaic sa occurs once. Sa with horizontal crossbar is also used. Ia bipartite. Archaic sa, subscript ya once tripartite,