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CONTENTS

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Chapter I.	Introduction …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …	1
Chapter II.	The Northern Indian Alphabets (B.C. 350—A.D. 600) …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …	7
A.	The Older Maurya Alphabet …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …	7
B.	Varieties of the Older Maurya Alphabet …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …	8
C.	The Younger Maurya Alphabet …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …	11
D.	Kusana Inscriptions …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …	18
E.	The so-called Gupta Alphabet of the 4th and 5th Centuries A.D. …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …	23
Chapter III.	The Eastern Alphabet, 550-1100 A.D. …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …	37
Chapter IV.	The Final Development of the Alphabet …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …        …	87