Wall, Chanderi, 1495, Epigraphic Round Script

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_39
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 900 H.; 1495
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar district, Chanderi
Present Location: Kaṭīghāṭī
Language: Persian; Sanskrit
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the construction of the high gate and tank in the name of khānzāda Jīman Khān b. Sher Khān in the reign of Ghiyāth Shāh
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: rock-cut wall surface
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 51 x 43 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 11 + 18
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

See the lexicon

wāw descenders: wide rounded tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: mīm - s-shape; straight diagonal to left; mīm - vertical downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: wide deep bowl; deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; opening upward
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward oblique stroke

sīn shīn denticles: medial zig-zag denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round loop, right stem extended upwards; initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); medial circle with horizontal line; final one-eyed (mardufah) diamond shaped
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head