Da

Da is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Da is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . Āryabhaṭa numeration Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of द are: द = 18 (१८) दि = 1,800 (१ ८००) दु = 180,000 (१ ८० ०००) दृ = 18,000,000 (१ ८० ०० ०००) दॢ = 18 (१८×१०८) दे = 18 (१८×१०१०) दै = 18 (१८×१०१२) दो = 18 (१८×१०१४) दौ = 18 (१८×१०१६) Historic Da There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. Da as found in standard Brahmi, was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flowing forms by the Gupta . The Tocharian Da did not have an alternate Fremdzeichen form. The third form of da, in Kharoshthi was probably derived from Aramaic separately from the Brahmi letter.