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INSCRIPTIONS. 



TEANSLITEEATION OF SANSKRIT AND DEAVIDIAN 



WOEDS. 



Gutturals . . k, kh, g, gh, n, h, h, a, a. 



Palatals .. . . c, ch, j, jh, n, s, y, i, I, e, e, ai. 



Linguals .. . . \, th, d, dh, n, s, r(r), r, r. 



Dentals ,. . . t, th, d, dh, n, s, 1(1), 1. 



Labials . . . . p, ph, b, bh, m, h, v, u, u, o, o, au„ 



Anus vara . . . . m. 



Short e and o, as well as r and 1, occur only in Dravidian words. 



(tustav Oppert. 



