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A Preliminary Study of Kharoṣṭhī Manuscript Paleography Andrew Glass A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts University of Washington 2000 Department of Asian Languages and Literature Table of Contents List of Maps ....................................................................................................................... vi List of Tables..................................................................................................................... vii List of Figures ..................................................................................................................viii Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................... ix Note on the System of Quoting Letters............................................................................ xiv Part One 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 The Kharoṣṭhī script .................................................................................... 1 1.2 Kharoṣṭhī paleography ................................................................................ 3 1.3 Sources ........................................................................................................ 5 1.3.1 Inscriptions ...................................................................................... 6 1.3.2 Coins legends .................................................................................. 7 1.3.3 Manuscripts ..................................................................................... 7 2.0 The Name of the Script ......................................................................................... 10 3.0 The Origin of the Script ........................................................................................ 11 3.1 The origin of the radicals .......................................................................... 14 3.2 The origin of the medial vowels................................................................ 17 3.3 Outline of the origin of the Kharoṣṭhī script ............................................. 18 3.3.1 Indo-Aramaic ................................................................................ 19 3.3.2 Proto-Kharoṣṭhī ............................................................................. 19 3.3.3 Early Kharoṣṭhī ............................................................................. 19 3.3.4 Kharoṣṭhī ....................................................................................... 20 4.0 Footmarks.............................................................................................................. 21 4.1 Type 1........................................................................................................ 24 4.2 Type 2........................................................................................................ 24 4.3 Type 3........................................................................................................ 25 4.4 Type 4........................................................................................................ 26 4.5 Type 5........................................................................................................ 26 4.6 Type 6........................................................................................................ 27 4.7 Type 7........................................................................................................ 27 4.8 Type 8........................................................................................................ 27 4.9 Type 9........................................................................................................ 28 4