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it appears in instances where the Sanscrit renders A by the 

 Greek O for instance, Bharait (Bharet) Zd. Baroit, Gr. Qzpoi. 



The long 6 of Sanscrit is generally kept in Pracrit,* parti- 

 cularly in the terminations, though the shortening of this vowel 

 must be admitted in some instances. The contiguous languages, 

 (for I scarcely need to say that the language upon the coins 

 must among those three meet with its relation) seem to coincide 

 in proving the T to be 6. That "p cannot be an entirely short O 

 is evident from the fact, that the Greek omicron is never 

 rendered by ¥, as for instance in Apollodotos. But because for 

 the termination "P the Grecian paraphrase puts also an O, this 

 intimates, undoubtedly, that the pronunciation of T is at least 

 shortened in the terminations. 



For the above reading of the letter T I could not plead its 

 use in the legend upon the Agothokleian coins, for the authen- 

 ticity of the word is not quite settled. Mr. Prinsep supposes 

 this legend to consist of two words, both ending in T ; I rather 

 think it a Greek word, in which T would correspond to w. 

 The Parthic name Vononesf requires w in the second syllable, 

 according to Grecian orthography ; however, the native repre- 

 sentation of this name is matter for discussion, which can- 

 not be entered upon at present, I shall therefore be satisfied 

 now to denote T by 6, and with the above mentioned re- 

 striction, I think it long T. 



3. u M. The fixing of this letter belongs to both my 

 predecessors, and is confirmed by the names Antimachos, 

 Menandros, Hermaios, Diomedes, and Amyntas. 



The symbol often has below the small cross line ^ already 

 alluded to ; it may even be connected with the main figure 

 by a perpendicular line ¥ 



The form u> occurs for the syllable ME in Menandros, for 

 MH in Diomedes, for MY in Amyntas. 



From the name Menandros, and from the application of this 

 symbol to other consonants, followed by the vowel e, Mr. 

 Prinsep has inferred, that the perpendicular line must be the 

 sign of short e. This opinion is certainly right, and will be 



• My Grammar, p. 150. 



t The noting of Vonones has been given up by Mr. Lassen. 



