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South Indian Inscriptions

Epigraphical Studies in India

IV SOUTH INDIAN INSCRIPTIONS

Hundreds of inscriptions were copied from different parts of South India which were in Dravidian languages like Tamil, Kannada and Telugu. In order to enable the scholars to get a full account of the inscriptions in different South Indian languages and to facilitate their research these series were brought out, and first in the series, edited by Dr. Hultzsch, was brought out in the year 1890. These volumes contain texts of inscriptions with summary in English and a general introduction about the importance of the inscriptions The texts are published as per the original scripts like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Grantha and Malayalam, etc. So far, 27 such volumes have been brought out and most of them contain Tamil inscriptions. They are very useful for reconstructing regional histories.

Besides these prestigious publications, the Epigraphy Branch has also brought out three important publications. They are Karandai plates of Rajendra Chola I edited by K. G. Krishnan, A Copper plate hoard of the Gupta period from B’gh, edited by Dr. K. V. Ramesh and Dr. S. P. Tewari, Epigraphs of Madhya Pradesh edited by Dr. H. V. Trivedi, List of North Indian Inscriptions and South Indian Inscriptions, List of Copper plates, Index to the articles of Epigraphia Indica and Subject Index of Inscriptions are other publications of this Department.

Vol. I vol-Icover_page Tamil and Sanskrit Inscriptions Chiefly collected in 1886-87 ed.
By Hultzsch (1991)
100
Vol. II vol-II_pt1&2cover_page

Tamil Inscriptions, pt. I and II ed. by Hultzsch (1991) 175
Vol. II vol-II_pt3&4cover_page -do- pt. III, IV and V (1992) 250
Vol. III vol-III_pt1&2cover_page Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Tamil, pl. I and II ed. By Rao
Sahib H. Krishna Sastri(1987)
100.00
Vol. III vol-III_pt3&4cover_page Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Tamil, pl. III and IV (1987). By Rao
Sahib H. Krishna Sastri(1987)
140.00
Vol. IV Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada ed. By
Rao Bahadur, H. Kriahna Shastri (1986)
190
Vol. V vol-Vcover_page

Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and
Kannada ed. By Rao Bahadur , H. Krishna Sastri (1968)
190
Vol. VI vol-VIcover_page

Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada ed. By
K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer (1968)
190
Vol. VII vol-VIIcover_page Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and
Kannada ed. By K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer (1968)
190
Vol. VIII vol-VIIIcover_page Miscellaneous Inscriptions, in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and
Kannada Countries ed. By K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer (1968)
150
Vol. IX Pt. I Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Kannada ed. By R.Shama Sastry(1968) 150
Vol. IX Pt. II do(1968) 110
Vol. X Telugu Inscriptions from Andhra Pradesh (1968) 175
Vol. XI vol-XIcover_page

Bombay-Karnataka Inscriptions (1968) 115
Vol. XII Pallava Inscriptions (1968) 90
Vol. XIII vol-XIIcover_page

Chola Inscriptions ed. by G.V. Srinivasa Rao (1968) 85
Vol. XIV Pandya Inscriptions ed. By A.S. Ramanatha Ayyar (1968) 90
Vol. XV Bombay-Karnataka Inscriptions (1968) 180
Vol. XVI vol-XIVcover_page

Telugu Inscriptions of the Vijayanagara Dynasty ed. by H.K.
Narasimhaswami (1988)
150
Vol. XVII Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04 ed. by K.G.
Krishnan (1988)
160
Vol. XIX Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman ed. By G.V. Srinivasa Rao (1988) 110
Vol. XX vol-XVIIcover_page

Bombay-Karnataka Inscriptions (1988) 170
Vol. XXII Pt. II Inscriptions collected during 1906 ed. by G.V. Srinivasa Rao
(1996)
53
Vol. XXII Pt. III vol-XXIIcover_page

Inscriptions collected during 1906 (1999) 230
Vol. XXVI vol-XXVIfront_page

Inscriptions collected during the year 1908-09 K.V. Ramesh
P.R. Srinivasan(1990)
300
Vol. XXVII vol-XXVIIcover_page -2001 586
Vol. XXVIII South Indian Inscriptions ed. by Dr. Ma. D. Sampath Copied during the year 1913(2010) 976
Vol. XXX South Indian Inscriptions collected during the year 1915 ed. by Dr. T.S.Ravishankar and others(2011) 581
Vol. XXXI South Indian Inscriptions ed. by Dr. C. A. Padmanabha Sastri (2013) 491
Vol. XXXII
Pt. I
South Indian Inscriptions (Inscriptions of early chola Kings upto Uttama Chola) ed. by Dr. S. Swaminathan(2012) 962
Vol. XXXIII South Indian Inscriptions (Inscriptions copied from 1946-53) ed. by Dr. K. Munirathnam (2013) 623
Vol. XXXIV South Indian Inscriptions (Inscriptions collected during the year 1914) ed. by Prof. Y. Subbarayalu (2015) 753
Vol. XXXV South Indian Inscriptions (Inscriptions collected during the years 1950-51 to 1952-53) ed. by Dr. D.M.Nagaraju (2017) 467
Vol. XXXVI South Indian Inscriptions (Inscriptions collected during the year 1910) ed. by P.Shanmugam (2018) 600
Vol. XXXVII South Indian Inscriptions (Telugu Inscriptions copied from 1939 to 1945)ed. Shri. S. Nagarjuna 850


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