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17. EI, IV, p., 209.
18. CII, III, p., 202.
19. The Origin., p., 42.
20. Fleet, CII, III, p., 205.
21. The Origin., p., 45.
22. EI, XX, p., 38.
23. Indian., p., 129.
24. Dani, 130.
25. Ibid.
26. Cf. Verma, Development., Tables III-VI, column d.
27. Indian., p., 155.
28. Indian., p., 160.
29. EI, IX, Pl. f. p., 190.
30. The Jaina writer of Western India employed a somewhat variant form of Nägarī, termed as Jaina-Nagari.
31. CII, IV, pp. 174 & 177.
32. "The Origin of the Nagaras.," p., 132.
33. Cf. CII, IV, Pls. X & XI.
34. Cf. Ibid., Pl. XIII.
35. Cf. Ibid., Pl. XIV.
36. Cf. Ibid., Pl. XV. 37. Cf. Ibid., IV, PI. XVI.
38. Cf. Ibid., Pl. XVII. 39. Indian., pp. 69-70.
40. Dani, p., 164.
41. Indian., p., 70.
42. "Palacographic Notes," Commemorative Essays Presented to R.G. Bhandarkar, New Delhi, Reprint, 1977, pp. 310-20.
43. Ibid.
44. EI, XIII, Pls. b. pp. 280-81. 45. Ibid., XIV, Pls. b. pp. 124-25.
46. Ibid., X, Pls. b. pp. 86-87.
47. Ibid., VIII, Pls. b. pp. 186-87.
48. Ibid., IX, Pls. b. pp. 196-97 and to face, p., 198.
49. EI, III, Pls. b. pp. 106-107.
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