Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c10.s2.3
Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c10.s2.3
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c10.s2.3
Historical anomalies may be so blatant as to prove an inscription to be a forgery, as in the case of four grants purporting to be issued by the legendary king Janamejaya (Fleet, 206 and 219–21). Historical fabrications were, of course, not always so clumsy, but more subtle efforts may also be exposed when, for instance, they provide incorrect or impossible dates for known historical figures.