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Message:: [QUOTE="THCoins, post: 4293516, member: 57364"]Here a bit clearer "Sri Ha". The Sri is a bit ornamentally curved in front of the face, the Ha is below that in front of the neck:[ATTACH=full]1092927[/ATTACH] Here an example of a Brahmi "Sri", left from 12.00 o'clock on a Skandagupta coin.The bottom curvature to the left is what makes a "Sra" from the basic "Sa" aksara.There is a small oblique extension at the top, like an accent mark, this is the i-matra that modifies the "Sra"to a "Sri".[ATTACH=full]1092931[/ATTACH]In the development of the script, that i-matra extension becomes longer over time and then descends to the side of the character (Kashmir, Sussala deva, character to the left of Lakshmi is "Sri", to the right is "Su".):[ATTACH=full]1092936[/ATTACH]Shapes of the Sri character vary over time and place, this one more resembles the shape on the "Sri Ha" type:[ATTACH=full]1092938[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]