UID:
almafu_9959230064502883
Format:
1 online resource (401 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-773960-1
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1-280-52832-X
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0-19-535666-7
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1-4237-5888-9
Series Statement:
South Asia research
Content:
This text surveys all the inscriptional material - documents written in ink on various surfaces, or carved into stone and metal, as well as seals - in the Indo-Aryan languages. It presents the corpus of these inscriptions in a way which should be accessible to both specialists and non-specialists.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1998.
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Contents; Abbreviations; Note on Citation and Bibliographic Form; 1 The Scope and Significance of Epigraphy in Indological Studies; 2 Writing and Scripts in India; 3 The Languages of Indic Inscriptions; 4 Survey of Inscriptions in the Indo-Aryan Languages; 5 Methods of Epigraphic Study; 6 The History of Indian Epigraphic Studies; 7 Epigraphy as a Source for the Study of Indian Culture; 8 Bibliographic Survey; Appendix: Selection of Typical Inscriptions; Bibliography; Index of Inscriptions Cited; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-509984-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195099843.001.0001
