Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c13: Contents
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c13
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TEXT.
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| | | Page |
| | Introduction . . . . . | vii |
| CH. ɪ. | The probable Date of the Introduction of Writing into India . . . . . | ɪ |
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I. Palaeographical Elements.
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| CH. ɪɪ. | The South-Indian Alphabets and their Development . . . . . | ɪɪ |
| | § 1. Telugu-Canarese Alphabet . . . . . | ɪ5 |
| | A. The Veṅgi Alphabet . . . . . | ɪ6 |
| | B. Western Cālukya . . . . . | ɪ7 |
| | C. Eastern Cālukya . . . . . | 2ɪ |
| | D. Transitional . . . . . | 25 |
| | E. The Old and Modern Telugu-Canarese Alphabets . . . . . . . . . | 29 |
| | § 2. The Grantha-Tamiḻ Alphabets . . . . . | 33 |
| | A. Eastern Cera . . . . . | 35 |
| | B. Coḷa-Grantha and Middle Grantha . . . . . | 39 |
| | C. Modern Grantha (E. Grantha) and Tuḷu-Malayāḷam (W. Grantha) . . . | 4ɪ |
| | D. Grantha-Tamiḻ . . . . . | 44 |
| | § 3. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu . . . . . | 47 |
| | § 4. The South-Indian Nāgarī Alphabets . . . . . | 52 |
| | *Note.* Foreign Alphabets used in South-India . . . . . | 57 |
| CH. ɪɪɪ. | The South-Indian Numeral Figures . . . . . | 59 |
| | § ɪ. The Modification of the ‘Cave’ Numeral Figures found in the Veṅgi and Cera Inscriptions | 67 |
| | § 2. The Tamiḻ Numeral Figures . . . . . | 68 |
| | § 3. The Telugu-Canarese Numeral Figures . . . . . | 69 |
| | § 4. The Javanese Numeral Figures . . . . . | 70 |
| | *Note.* On the different Methods of Marking Dates . . . . . . . . . . . | 70 |
| | A. The Eras . . . . . | 7ɪ |
| | B. The Method of Expressing Numerals . . . . . | 77 |
| CH. ɪᴠ. | Accents and Signs of Punctuation . . . . . | 8ɪ |
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II. Elements of South-Indian Diplomatics.
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| CH. ᴠ. | The Writing Materials used in South-India . . . . . | 84 |
| | *A.* Books . . . . . | 84 |
| | *B.* Letters . . . . . | 89 |
| | *C.* Grants and Public Documents . . . . . | 90 |
| | Ink, Pens, etc . . . . . | 93 |
| CH. ᴠɪ. | The Formulae of the different kinds of South-Indian Inscriptions . . . . . . . . | 94 |
| | I. Documents conveying a right to Property . . . . . | 94 |
| | A. Royal Grants . . . . . | 94 |
| | The Emblem or Seal . . . . . | ɪ06 |
| | The Form or Wording of Royal Grants . . . . . . . . . . . | ɪ08 |
| | B. Private Transfers of Property . . . . . | ɪɪ6 |
| | II. Other Documents . . . . . | ɪ20 |
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APPENDIXES.
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| *A.* | A Comparison of the expression (by written signs) of the Phonetic Elements of the Dravidian Tongues . . . . . | ɪ24 |
| *B.* | The Origin of the Kawi or Old Javanese Alphabet . . . . . | ɪ30 |
| *C.* | Transcriptions of the Specimens given in the Plates xxiv—xxxiv . . . . . | ɪ35 |
| | Contents, List of Plates, Addenda, Errata, etc. —————— . . . . . . . . . . | ɪ43 |