[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Palaeography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963) › c8.11 # Indian Palaeography c8.11 Indian Palaeography c8.11 - **Language:** English ### [c8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c8.11) As has been said before, Prinsep laid the foundation of the second stage. Indian palaeography became a recognized study, and James Burgess defined it as ‘the study of the gradual modification of alphabets in the course of time’.² To A. C. Burnell goes the credit of producing in 1874 the first book on the subject, \*Elements of South Indian Palaeography (from the 4th to the 14th century A.D.), being an introduction to the study of South Indian inscriptions and manuscripts\*. About this time a Dutch scholar, K. F. Holle, was working in South-east Asia, collecting his materials on the different scripts of that part of the world, and he published in 1877 his \*Tabel van Oud- en Nieuw-Indische Alphabetten\*. A similar work was undertaken by Burgess in 1883: - [Previous: c8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c8.10) - [Next: c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c8.12) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c8.11) · Pramāṇa