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94 (2) In the Torpondighi grant in Khaln (L. 22).

(3) In the Gadadhara temple inscription in Bhikodeva (L. 11).

(4) in the Cambridge Manuscripts.

The only exception is the Bodh-Gayā inscription of Asokacalla, in Lakhvaṇa (L. 12).

3. In Ga, the only change needed, was the elimination of the right angle, at the right end of the top stroke and the substitution of a curve for it, as well as the upward elongation of the vertical line:—

(a) In the Māndā inscription we find in one case that the right angle is still present, parabhāgo (L. 1) and in another that the transformation has taken place Śrimadgopāla (L. 3).

(b) The transformation is complete in the case of the Kamauli grant.

(c) The Torpondighi grant shows the retention of the right angle.

(d) The letter is incomplete in Gurava (L. 5) of the Bodh-Gayā inscription of Aśokacalla, though the right angle has disappeared.

(e) The Gadādhara temple inscription shows both forms. Cf. Govindapāla (L. 3) and gatarājye as well as Gayāyāṁ (L. 4).

(f) The Cambridge Manuscripts show the completely developed form.

4. Gha:—

(a) In the Kamauli grant the development is not yet complete.