Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c13.s2.t1.9

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Most other standard works on the study of Indian inscriptions are primarily or exclusively paleographic, rather than epigraphic, studies. Outdated but in some respects still the standard and model for later works is Georg Bühler’s *Indische Palaeographie von circa 350 A. Chr.–circa 1300 P. Chr.* [BIP], more usually cited from J. F. Fleet’s English translation (*Indian Paleography from About b.c. 350 to About a.d. 1300*). Gaurīśaṃkara Hīrācaṃda Ojhā’s *Bhāratīya Prācīna Lipimālā*, though also outdated, includes useful plates with specimens of various scripts in facsimile. The most important recent paleographic study is Ahmad Hasan Dani’s *Indian Palaeography* [DIP], which significantly refines and revises the standard terminology and understanding of the development of Brāhmī script and it derivatives. Also useful are the sets of script charts for “Ancient Indian Alphabets,” “Medieval Indian Alphabets,” “Indian Alphabets Abroad,” and “Ancient Indian Numerals,” prepared under the supervision of P. L. Gupta.