devnagari characters in emacs

[Gauri S Deshmukh]

hello all

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i use debian linux 3.0 and have emacs 20.

i had been trying to use emacs to type some text in devnagari. in my x
windows, the devnagari text shows as hollow boxes.

i did set language environment - indian - devanagari

select input method devanagari-itrans

set coding system - buffer file - devnagari

what do i need to do to set things right and make devanagari text show?

thanks in advance

gauri