Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c13.s1.t2: 8.1.2 Epigraphic serial publications
Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c13.s1.t2
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8.1.2 Epigraphic serial publications
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Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum [CII; see also 6.3]: Presents collections for particular dynasties or classes of inscriptions in Devanāgarī or Roman transliteration, with extensive introduction and translation. The following volumes have been issued to date:
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1: *Inscriptions of Asoka*, by Alexander Cunningham, 1887; superseded by *New Edition* by E. Hultzsch, 1925. 2, part 1: *Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions with the Exception of Those of Aśoka*, by Sten Konow, 1929. 2, part 2: *Bhārhut Inscriptions*, by H. Lüders (revised by E. Waldschmidt and M. A. Mehendale), 1963. 3: *Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings and Their Successors*, by John Faithfull Fleet, 1888. Revised ed., *Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings*, by Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar, 1981⁶ (ed. Bahadurchand Chhabra and Govind Swamirao Gai). Fleet's original edition contained sixteen inss. of the Guptas and sixty-five inss. of related dynasties, while Bhandarkar's revised edition has forty-eight Gupta inss. but excludes those of contemporary and succeeding kings. 4, parts 1 and 2: *Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era*, by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1955. 5: *Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas*, by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1963. 6: *Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras*, by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1977. 7: *Inscriptions of the Paramāras, Chandēllas, Kachchhapaghātas and Two Minor Dynasties*, by Harihar Vitthal Trivedi: part 1, *Introduction*, 1991; part 2, *Inscriptions of the Paramāras*, 1978; part 3, *Inscriptions of the Chandēllas, Kachchhapaghātas, etc.*, 1989.
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⁶ The revised edition consists principally of an edited version of Bhandarkar's manuscript, completed in 1949, with the addition of four inscriptions discovered subsequently.
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*South Indian Inscriptions* [SII]: Vols. 1–24++⁷ (1890–1982), by various editors, published by the ASI. Contains mostly inscriptions in Dravidian languages, but also some Sanskrit, Prakrit, and other Indo-Aryan inscriptions, especially in the earlier volumes. Texts are given in the appropriate Indian scripts (Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Devanāgarī). English translations are given in vols. 1–3 only; the remaining volumes contain texts only.
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⁷ In this section the symbol ++ indicates an ongoing series, incomplete as of this writing.
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*Epigraphia Carnatica* [EC]: Original series by B. Lewis Rice and others, published by Mysore Government/Mysore Archaeological Survey; vols. 1–17, 1886–1965 [vols. 13–17 are supplementary volumes]. Texts presented in Kannada script and Roman transliteration, with translation. Mostly Dravidian language inscriptions, but also several Sanskrit and bilingual (Sanskrit and Kannada) records, usually copper plate grants.
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New edition: Vols. 1–8++, 1972–84, published by Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore. Completely revised and expanded; in English and Kannada, with translations.
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*Archaeological Series* and *Epigraphical Series* of the Government of Andhra Pradesh:⁸ Both of these series, published since 1960 and 1965, respectively, include several important epigraphic publications. While most of them are principally concerned with Dravidian inscriptions, there is also much Sanskrit, Sanskrit/Dravidian bilingual, and Prakrit material. Among the most noteworthy publications in the *Archaeological Series* on epigraphic subjects are no. 5, *Copper Plate Inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh Government Museum* by N. Ramesan (nos. 6 and 28); *Salihundam, A Buddhist Site in Andhra Pradesh* by R. Subrahmanyam (no. 17); and *Select Epigraphs of Andhra Pradesh* by P. V. Parabrahma Sastry (no. 31). In the Epigraphy series, besides the publications cited in section 8.1.3.2 (under Andhra Pradesh), particularly useful is the *Annual Report on Epigraphy in Andhra Pradesh* for 1965–67 (nos. 1, 4, 10; published 1965, 1972, 1974).
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⁸ The former supersedes the Hyderabad Archaeological Series of the Archaeological Department of Hyderabad.