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		Tamil and Sanskrit Inscriptions Chiefly collected in 1886-87 ed. By Hultzsch (1991)	100
Vol. II		Tamil Inscriptions, pt. I and II ed. by Hultzsch (1991)	175
Vol. II		-do- pt. III, IV and V (1992)	250
Vol. III		Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Tamil, pl. I and II ed. By Rao Sahib H. Krishna Sastri(1987)	100.00
Vol. III		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		Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada ed. By Rao Bahadur , H. Krishna Sastri (1968)	190
Vol. VI		Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada ed. By K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer (1968)	190
Vol. VII		Miscellaneous Inscriptions in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada ed. By K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer (1968)	190
Vol. VIII		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		Bombay-Karnataka Inscriptions (1968)	115
Vol. XII		Pallava Inscriptions (1968)	90
Vol. XIII		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		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		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		Inscriptions collected during 1906 (1999)	230
Vol. XXVI		Inscriptions collected during the year 1908-09 K.V. Ramesh P.R. Srinivasan(1990)	300
Vol. XXVII		-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