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Development of Nāgarī Script
Sign for Ninety
In earlier period 90 is indicated by a circle with cross mark in the middie. One horizontally slanted with three upright and one crossed slanted line was the shape of it in Kusumā inscription (Table N10), Barāh plate (N22) furnishes a different sign of the numeral which is formed by rightward hooked slants with the numeral 2 like mark in the right portion.
Sign for Hundred
The su or a like letter form was rarely and generally a vertical hooked with notched top employed for 100 in earlier period. Later on, in Terundia plate of Subhakar (Table N3) it is denoted by letter lu. Sign for Two Hundred
The numeral 200 is represented by adding the sign of two in the form of hundred. Nägarī letter lā like combination is shown in Bodh-Gayā inscription (Table Ns), while signs for sa and 2 are combined in Dadhimatimātā inscription (NO) and sā in Pettasar grant (N17).
Sign for Six Hundred
The sign for letter sa is combined with the sign for six to denote 600 in Kusumā inscription (Table N10).
Sign for Seven Hundred
In Sāmolī inscription (Table Nu) letter srā for hundred mark is combined with hooked seven mark for the numeral 700.
Sign for Eight Hundred
Barāh plate (Table 122) shows srā like letter combined with the sign for eight makes the numeral notaiion of 800.
Sign for Nine Hundred
The numeral 900 is denoted by the combination of srā and the sign for nine in Dighwa-Dubaulī plate (Table NW) while it is a bit different in Bengāl Asiatic Society's plate (N24), but the basic principle is the same.
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