Panel, Chanderi, 1312, Epigraphic Round Script

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_01
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 20 Sha’bān, 711 H.; January 1, 1312
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar district, Chanderi
Remarks (Place of Production): Originally affixed to a mosque, found in the house of Prabhu Dayal brahmin along the bazaar in the old walled town
Present Location: ASI Museum, Chanderi
Language: Arabic; Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Nature of the Text: Other
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\sandstone
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 127 x 45 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 4
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel
Bibliography: Desai, Ziauddin Abdul Hayy. "The Chanderi Inscription of ‘Ala’u-Din Khalji”. nos. 4–10 (February 1968): planche 1.

See the lexicon

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear; stacked
Line of Writing: horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline: hanging
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters; superscription at end of line
Presence of Elongation: absent
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - non serifed; alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed; lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Kāf Ascenders: medial, initial vertical shaft; no top arm and superscript kāf
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head; rounded head needle point eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: soft triangular head tilted left

additional characteristics: Allāh with final diamond shape hā’; Irregular spacing and proportions; Use of floral motifs to balance negative space