[INDOLOGY] Devanagari v and b in manuscripts from Kashmir

[Harry Spier]

Dear list members,
I'm looking at a manuscript from the Ragunath Temple Sanskrit Manuscript
Library, Jammu, j&K. The text is  ajñānadvāntadīpikā by somanātha
The link to the pdf on archive.org is:
https://archive.org/download/AgyanDhvantaDeepikaShriSomnath4966Alm22Shlf4DevanagariTantra/Agyan%20Dhvanta%20Deepika%20-%20Shri%20Somnath_4966_Alm_22_Shlf_4_Devanagari-%20Tantra.pdf

Looking at the first few lines it looks to me like the scribe is using the
devanagari letter  व for both व and ब.  Is that common practice in
devanagari manuscripts from kashmir?
Thanks,
Harry Spier
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