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 | ![]() | 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 |
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