Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c17.2

c17.2

Anantavarman (king of Kaliṅga), 197 Anantavarman (Maukhari king), 200, 201 Andersen, P. K., 133 Andhra Pradesh, 34, 254–55, 255–56 Brāhmī inscriptions, 144–45 copper plates, 146 *khaṇḍa-kāvyas*, 237 Marathi inscriptions, 100 Oriya inscriptions, 101 Aṅgalipi, 9 Angkor Thom, 156 Angkor Vat, 156 *aṅka* years (dating system), 171n.27 *Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy*, 253 Anstey, Lavinia Mary, 219n.115 anthologies, 236, 255–57 Antialkidas (Indo-Greek king), 141, 210 Antimachus (Indo-Greek king), 210, 211 *Antiquities of Chamba State, Part II* (Chhabra), 103 *anusvāra*, 14, 16, 30, 55, 72, 89, 96, 162, 163, 204 Apabhraṃśa, 103 Apollodotus (Indo-Greek king), 210 Arabia, 23 Arabic, 16n.34, 29, 99, 103n.80, 104, 106–7, 149, 150, 212, 252 Arakan, 154 Aramaeo-Iranian, 107 Aramaic language and script, 11, 12, 21, 22, 23, 51, 107 comparison with Indic scripts, 25t Mauryan/Aśokan inscriptions in, 28, 54, 136, 152–53 relation to Brāhmī, 28, 309 relation to Kharoṣṭhī, 51, 52–54, 64 Archaeological Survey of India, 218–19, 222, 252, 253 architecture, 247–48 Ardha-Māgadhī, 74, 76 Ariano-Pali script (Kharoṣṭhī), 50, 59, 213 ARIE. *See Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy* Arivarman (Western Gaṅga king), 114n.6 Armenian, 108 artisan lineages, 247 Aryans, 20 *Ārya-siddhānta*, 179 Āryaśūra (poet), 120, 235 Āryā verses, 80 *āṣāḍhādi* years, 193 ASI. *See* Archaeological Survey of India Aśoka, 10, 13, 14, 21, 138, 199–200n.2 Bairāṭ rock edict, 241–42 Brāhmī invention hypothesis, 28, 54 dates, 227 Girnār rock edicts, 145 identification by G. Turnour, 215n.92 pilgrim's records, 140 regnal years, 136, 171, 172 use of Prakrit as epigraphic language, 86, 136 Aśokacalla (king), 194n.159 Aśokan inscriptions, 17, 108, 111, 133–40 Aramaic, 52, 136, 152–53 Brāhmī, 17–19, 21, 26, 30–31, 136 Buddhist content, 133, 138, 139, 140, 241–42, 250 cave inscriptions, 136, 138 correction indications, 68 dating, 27, 28, 136, 171–72 decipherment, 164, 199, 213, 215 discoveries, 202, 219 early attempt at decipherment, 204, 205, 208 eastern dialect, 73–74, 76, 77, 136 editions, 222 forgeries, 165 geographical designations, 229 Greek, 136 interpretation problems, 136, 164, 208 from Karnataka, 44 languages, 136 map of sites, 135 minor pillar edicts, 136, 140, 152n.101, 222 minor rock edicts, 73, 136, 137–38, 194n.159, 215, 219, 222 northwestern dialect, 74–75, 136 numbers and numerical signs, 57 orthography, 219 paleography, 30 pillar edicts, 17, 73, 126, 136, 138–39, 222 Prakrits, 73–76, 86, 136 punctuation, 67 Queen's Edict, 139, 171, 204 regnal years, 136, 227 rock edicts (separate), 136, 137, 138, 241–42 rock edicts, 27, 31, 65, 66, 73, 74, 76, 77, 135, 136–37, 208, 219, 227 rock edicts (Kharoṣṭhī), 46, 209n.60, 213 Schism Edict, 139 script chart, 18t study of, 221–22, 249 symbols, 67 western dialect, 74, 76–77, 136 writing prior to, 10, 12, 13 Assam, 183, 256 Assamese, 104 Assamese-Bengali script, 41 *aṣṭadhātu* mask, 129 *Aṣṭādhyāyī* (Pāṇini), 11 astronomical systems, 78, 173, 175, 177–78, 180, 190 Aśvaghoṣa (poet), 233, 235 *aśvamedha* (horse sacrifice), 92, 131, 239 *atīta* (expired) years, 176 Audumbaras, 47 Aulikaras, 146, 229 auspicious signs, 67, 68, 112