On the origin of the Indian Brāhmi alphabet; together with two appendices on the origin of the Kharoṣṭhī alphabet and of the so-called letter-numerals of the Brāhmī, with three plates/ English
- 3rd editon
- Varanasi Chaukhamba Sanskrit Series Office 1963
- 124
- Chaukhamba Sanskrit Studies vol 33 .
Frontmatter -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Table of Contents -- I. Former derivations of the Brāhraī lipi -- II. Literary evidence for the antiquity of writing -- III. Palaeographic evidence for the antiquity of the Brāhmī lipi -- IV. The derivation of the Brāhma letters from the most ancient North-Semitic signs -- Appendix I. The Origin of the Kharosthi Alphabet -- Appendix II. The Origin of the ancient Brahma Numerals -- Addenda -- Plates.