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§ 1... The Indian tradition ...
§ 2... Literary evidence for the use of writing:
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B.
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Brahmanical literature Buddhistic literature Foreign works Paleographic evidence ... The origin of the Brahma alphabet Borrowed signs
-Derivative consonants and initial vowels...
Medial vowels and absence of vowel in ligatures (1)
The system of the Brahmi
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The system of the Draviḍi
§ 5... The time and the manner of the borrowing of the Semitic alphabet
II. The Kharosthi Script.
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§ 6... How it was deciphered...
§ 7... Use and characteristics...
§ 8 Origin ...
§ 9... Details of the derivation:
A. Borrowed signs
B.-Derivative signs
I.
The Antiquity of Writing in India
and the Origin of the Oldest Indian Alphabet.
B.
C. Ligatures
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§ 10. The varieties of the Kharosthi of Plate I.
§ 11. The archaic variety: -
A.
The radical signs
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§ 12... Changes in the later varieties:
A.
The radical signs
B.
O.- Ligatures
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Medial vowels and Anusvāra
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- Medial vowels and Anusvära
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- Local varieties
C.The radical signs or Matṛkās D. Medial vowels and Anusvāra E.Ligatures.
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§ 13... How it was deciphered
§ 14... Common characteristics of the ancient inscriptions § 15
§ 16... The older Maurya alphabet; Plate II:
A.
Geographical extension and duration of use
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