भारतीय पराचीन लिपिमाला (Bharatiya Pracina Lipimala: The Palaeography of India) c3.3

c3.3

To meet this want, I published, as early as 1894 A.D., 'Prāchīna Lipimālā' or 'The Palæography of India' in Hindi. It was the first book of its kind in any language, and was much appreciated by European and Indian scholars. It gave an impetus to the study of the subject, and many Indian and European scholars found the book useful for a study of Indian Palæography. The Indian Universities, too, included Palæography as an optional subject for the M.A. degree, and the book was used by students going up for that examination. The demand was so great that the first edition was sold out in a few years, and copies were not available even when twenty times the original price was offered for them.