[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.burnell-1874) › c2.2 # Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c2.2 Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.burnell-1874.c2.2) I have permitted myself more than once to use a provisional hypothesis, but, in such cases, I have pointed it out. In the present state of Indian philology and archæology, there can be no objection to this course; but it must always be remembered that it is not free from danger, and the popular but unwarranted inferences from a similar provisional hypothesis of an ‘Āryan race’ are sufficient warning to all engaged in such studies. - [Previous: c2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.burnell-1874.c2.1) - [Next: c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.burnell-1874.c2.3) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.burnell-1874.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.burnell-1874.c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.burnell-1874.c2.2) · Pramāṇa