Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c3.16

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3.3.1 The earliest Sanskrit inscriptions, 86 3.3.2 Early Sanskrit inscriptions from Mathurā, 87 3.3.3 Sanskrit inscriptions from western India in the Kṣatrapa period, 88 3.3.4 Early Sanskrit inscriptions from the Deccan and southern India, 90 3.3.5 Early Sanskrit inscriptions from other regions, 92 3.3.6 The emergence of Sanskrit in the Gupta period, 92 3.3.7 Summary: Historical and cultural factors in the development of Sanskrit as an epigraphic language, 93 3.3.8 Linguistic characteristics of inscriptional Sanskrit, 94