Indian Epigraphy c16.s7.8

c16.s7.8

All the types of names referred to above, both prescribed and forbidden, are found in inscriptions belonging to different parts of India and different ages of history. People were often named after epic and Puranic personages as well as after persons famous in literature. The meaning of a large number of personal names (as also geographical names) is unintelligible apparently because they were often influenced by the local dialects.