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Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c12.s5.8

Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c12.s5.8

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c12.s5.8

The geographical data derivable from inscriptions is often sufficiently copious to permit a reasonably detailed reconstruction of the geographical and administrative structure of a given region at a given period. For a summary of such projects undertaken in connection with medieval central and western India, see H. D. Sankalia’s “Historical Geography from Inscriptions.”⁷⁷