[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages # Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages Scripts, languages, inscription types, dating eras, history of decipherment and research, with a bibliography of epigraphic corpora. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Richard Salomon](https://indike.org/pramana/person/salomon-r) - **Extent:** 2,493 passages, 124,761 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Oxford University Press, New York 1998; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by… · In copyright (Richard Salomon); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that copy,… ## Contents - [c1 Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c1) — 18 parts - [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c2) — 11 parts - [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c3) — 66 parts - [c4 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c4) — 3 parts - [c5 Note on Citation and Bibliographic Form](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c5) — 3 parts - [c6 1 The Scope and Significance of Epigraphy in Indological Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c6) — 24 parts - [c7 2 Writing and Scripts in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c7) — 6 parts - [c8 3 The Languages of Indic Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c8) — 6 parts - [c9 4 Survey of Inscriptions in the Indo-Aryan Languages](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c9) — 2 parts - [c10 5 Methods of Epigraphic Study](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c10) — 4 parts - [c11 6 The History of Indian Epigraphic Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c11) — 37 parts - [c12 7 Epigraphy as a Source for the Study of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c12) — 6 parts - [c13 8 Bibliographic Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c13) — 2 parts - [c14 Appendix: Selection of Typical Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c14) — 37 parts - [c15 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c15) — 286 parts - [c16 Index of Inscriptions Cited](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c16) — 327 parts - [c17 General Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998.c17) — 47 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.salomon-1998) · Pramāṇa