Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.s8.1

Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.s8.1

Language
English

c12.s8.1

The ms. from which this is taken is a Vratavallī which was written for the last of the Telugu Nāyaks of Tanjore—Vijayacokka. He was conquered by the Mahrāṭhas soon after 1670. There is no distinction made between long and short i, otherwise every letter is perfectly distinct and legible.