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same inscription as was already used by H. LUDERS for dating
the Kalpanamanditika ms. from Qizi! (1926: 12/ 1979: 130),
P/. 267 which was written in the same style (alphabet h) but is perhaps
to be dated somewhat earlier.
The examples of Brahmi inscriptions published by K. JETTMAR
in two articles (1980; 1981) show the fully developed calligraphic
ornate style (JETTMAR 1980, T. 2 = 1981, T. 4; further T. 3.1;
9.2; 11.1,2) side by side with the Proto-Sarada inscriptions^.
It is of considerable importance for the palaeography of Gilgit
and Bamiyan to explain how the change from the very elaborate
calligraphic ornate style to the Proto-Sarada may have taken
place. In my article "Einige neue Aspekte zur Entwicklung
der Brahmi in Gilgit und Bamiyan" (SANDER 1983), I gave
some examples of Kusana and Gupta mss. from Bamiyan and
Qizil written in the eastern or Allahabad style. There is some
probability that the eastern style may have influenced the devel-
opment towards the Proto-Sarada in India and perhaps also in
this region. Some Kusana and early Gupta mss. from Bamiyan
P/. 1PP, 199 and Qizil show the typical features from the eastern style:
straighter, narrower, and less ornate lines than the calligraphic
western style, the early Gupta ma, and especially the %As%7v?s /a
and A?, clearly different from those of the western style. Still
more than in North India, where at least the simple 7?M of the
eastern style became predominant, the western style succeeded
in the northwestern border provinces, where also the old Mathura
???% remained unchanged for centuries. But the knowledge of
the eastern style, as poor as it may have been, may have helped
to pave the way for the introduction of the Proto-Sarada. The
suggestion made by O. von HINUBER that the Proto-Sarada
script may have been introduced by an official act, as by
Navasurendradityanandin of the Patola-sahi dynasty, who was
the first to use the title
sn (v. HINUBER 1982: 60), cannot be followed
without hesitation. Although there may have been an official act,
4 JETTMAR 1980, T. 4 compare JETTMAR 1981, T. 9.2
this inscription is written in the calligraphic ornate
type); JETTMAR 1981, T. 8.2; 11.1.
110
the Kalpanamanditika ms. from Qizi! (1926: 12/ 1979: 130),
P/. 267 which was written in the same style (alphabet h) but is perhaps
to be dated somewhat earlier.
The examples of Brahmi inscriptions published by K. JETTMAR
in two articles (1980; 1981) show the fully developed calligraphic
ornate style (JETTMAR 1980, T. 2 = 1981, T. 4; further T. 3.1;
9.2; 11.1,2) side by side with the Proto-Sarada inscriptions^.
It is of considerable importance for the palaeography of Gilgit
and Bamiyan to explain how the change from the very elaborate
calligraphic ornate style to the Proto-Sarada may have taken
place. In my article "Einige neue Aspekte zur Entwicklung
der Brahmi in Gilgit und Bamiyan" (SANDER 1983), I gave
some examples of Kusana and Gupta mss. from Bamiyan and
Qizil written in the eastern or Allahabad style. There is some
probability that the eastern style may have influenced the devel-
opment towards the Proto-Sarada in India and perhaps also in
this region. Some Kusana and early Gupta mss. from Bamiyan
P/. 1PP, 199 and Qizil show the typical features from the eastern style:
straighter, narrower, and less ornate lines than the calligraphic
western style, the early Gupta ma, and especially the %As%7v?s /a
and A?, clearly different from those of the western style. Still
more than in North India, where at least the simple 7?M of the
eastern style became predominant, the western style succeeded
in the northwestern border provinces, where also the old Mathura
???% remained unchanged for centuries. But the knowledge of
the eastern style, as poor as it may have been, may have helped
to pave the way for the introduction of the Proto-Sarada. The
suggestion made by O. von HINUBER that the Proto-Sarada
script may have been introduced by an official act, as by
Navasurendradityanandin of the Patola-sahi dynasty, who was
the first to use the title
sn (v. HINUBER 1982: 60), cannot be followed
without hesitation. Although there may have been an official act,
4 JETTMAR 1980, T. 4 compare JETTMAR 1981, T. 9.2
this inscription is written in the calligraphic ornate
type); JETTMAR 1981, T. 8.2; 11.1.
110