Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.2

c12.2

Without inordinately extending the size of this work it would be impossible to give complete copies of all these inscriptions, as most of them are, at least, five or six times as long as the specimens given. Nor do I give a translation of the passages, as it would be irrelevant to my purpose. I give however a transliteration (as far as possible) of the specimens that are likely to prove not easy to read at first. Where I have found it necessary to add a letter that has been omitted, I have done so in ( ). My object being purely palæographical, I have been obliged to choose these specimens accordingly.