[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c3 # Indian Epigraphy c3: Abbreviations Indian Epigraphy c3 - **Language:** English ### Abbreviations ### [c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.1) \*A B O R I\* = \*Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute\*, Poona. ### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.2) Allan’s Catalogue (Gupta) = \*British Museum Catalogue of the Coins of the Gupta Dynasties and of Śaśāṅka, King of Gauḍa\*, by J. Allan, London, 1914. ### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.3) \*Anc. Ind. Hist. Trad.\* = \*Ancient Indian Historical Tradition\* by F. E. Pargiter, Delhi reprint, 1962. ### [c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.4) \*An. Rep. Arch. Dept., Gwalior\* = \*Annual Report of the Archaeological Department\*, former Gwalior State. ### [c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.5) \*An. Rep. Arch. Surv. Ind.\* = \*Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India\*. ### [c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.6) \*An. Rep. Ind. Ep.\* = \*Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy\*, New Delhi. ### [c3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.7) \*An. Rep. Mys. Arch. Dept.\* = \*Annual Report of the Archaeological Department\*, Mysore State. ### [c3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.8) \*A R A S I\* = \*Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India\*. ### [c3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.9) \*Arch. Surv. Mayur.\* = \*Archaeological Survey of Mayurbhanj\*, Vol. I, by N. N. Vasu. ### [c3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.10) \*A. R. Ep.\* = \*Annual Report on \[Indian or South Indian\] Epigraphy\*. ### [c3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.11) \*A. R. Mys. Arch. Dept.\* = \*Annual Report of the Archaeological Department\*, Mysore State. ### [c3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.12) \*ASI, AR\* = \*Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India\*. ### [c3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.13) \*ASIR, A. S. I. Reports\* = Alexander Cunningham’s \*Archaeological Survey Reports\*. ### [c3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.14) \*ASR\* = Alexander Cunningham’s \*Archaeological Survey Reports\*. ### [c3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.15) \*ASSI\* = \*Archaeological Survey of South India\*, Vol. I, etc. ### [c3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.16) \*ASWI\* = \*Archaeological Survey of Western India\*, Vol. I, etc. ### [c3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.17) \*BDCRI\* = \*Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute\*, Poona. ### [c3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.18) \*BEFEO\* = \*Bulletin de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient\*, Hanoi and Paris. ### [c3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.19) \*Bhandarkar's List\* = \*A List of Inscriptions of Northern India in Brāhmī and its Derivative Scripts, from about 200 A. C., Appendix to Epigraphia Indica\*, Vols. XIX-XXIII. ### [c3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.20) \*Bhār. Vid.\* = \*Bhāratīya Vidyā\*, Bombay. ### [c3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.21) \*Bomb. Gaz.\* = \*Bombay Gazetteer\*. ### [c3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.22) \*BSOAS\* = \*Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies\*, University of London. ### [c3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.23) \*Bull. Baroda Mus.\* = \*Bulletin of the Baroda Museum\*. ### [c3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.24) \*Camb. Hist. Ind.\* = \*Cambridge History of India\*. ### [c3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.25) \*C H I\* = \*Cambridge History of India\*. ### [c3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.26) \*CII\* = \*Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum\*. ### [c3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.27) \*Com. Vol.\* = \*Commemoration Volume\*. ### [c3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.28) \*Corp. Ins. Ind.\* = \*Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum\*. ### [c3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.29) \*DHNI\* = \*Dynastic History of Northern India\* by H.C.Ray, Vols. I-II, Calcutta. ### [c3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.30) \*E. Hist. Ind.\* = \*Early History of India\* by V. A. Smith, 4th edition, 1924. ### [c3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.31) \*Ep. Birm.\* = \*Epigraphia Birmanica\*, Rangoon. ### [c3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.32) \*Ep. Carn.\* = \*Epigraphia Carnatica\*, Bangalore. ### [c3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.33) \*Ep. Ind.\* = \*Epigraphia Indica\*, New Delhi. ### [c3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.34) \*Ep. Indo-Mosl.\* = \*Epigraphia Indo-Moslemica\*. ### [c3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.35) \*Ep. Zeyl.\* = \*Epigraphia Zeylanica\*, Colombo. ### [c3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.36) \*Hist. Beng.\* = \*History of Bengal\* published by the Dacca University. ### [c3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.37) \*Hist. Ins. S. Ind.\* = \*The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India\* by R. Sewell, Madras, 1932. ### [c3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.38) \*Icon. Bud. Brahm. Sculp. Dac. Mus.\* = \*Iconography of the Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures in the Dacca Museum\* by N. K. Bhattasali, Dacca, 1929. ### [c3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.39) \*Ind. Ant.\* = \*Indian Antiquary\*, Bombay. ### [c3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.40) \*Ind. Cult.\* = \*Indian Culture\*, Calcutta. ### [c3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.41) \*IHQ\* = \*Indian Historical Quarterly\*, Calcutta. ### [c3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.42) \*Imp. Gaz. Ind.\* = \*Imperial Gazetteer of India\*. ### [c3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.43) \*Ins Beng.\* = \*Inscriptions of Bengal\*, Vol. III, by N. G. Majumdar, Rajshahi, 1929. ### [c3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.44) \*JAHRS\* = \*Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society\*, Rajahmundry. ### [c3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.45) = \*Journal of the Asiatic Society\*, Calcutta; \*JASB\* = \*Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal\*; \*JASB, NS\* = \*Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, New Series\*; \*JRASB\* = \*Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal\*. ### [c3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.46) \*JBBRAS\* = \*Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society\*. ### [c3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.47) \*JBORS\* = \*Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society\*, Patna; \*JBRS\* = \*Journal of the Bihar Research Society\*. ### [c3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.48) \*JNSI\* = \*Journal of the Numismatic Society of India\*. ### [c3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.49) \*Journ. Am. Or. Soc.\* = \*Journal of the American Oriental Society\*. ### [c3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.50) \*Journ. As.\* = \*Journal Asiatique\*, Paris. ### [c3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.51) \*Journ. Bhār. Iti. Saṁś. Maṇḍ.\* = \*Journal of the Bhāratīya Itihās Saṁśodhak Maṇḍal\*, Poona. ### [c3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.52) \*Journ. Bomb. Hist. Soc.\* = \*Journal of the Bombay Historical Society\*. ### [c3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.53) \*Journ. G. Ind. Soc.\* = \*Journal of the Greater India Society\*. ### [c3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.54) \*Journ. Ind. Hist.\* = \*Journal of Indian History\*. ### [c3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.55) \*Journ. Or. Inst.\* = \*Journal of the Oriental Institute\*, Baroda. ### [c3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.56) \*Journ. Or. Res.\* = \*Journal of Oriental Research\*, Madras. ### [c3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.57) \*JRAS\* = \*Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\*, London. ### [c3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.58) \*JUPHS\* = \*Journal of the U. P. Historical Society\*, Lucknow. ### [c3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.59) \*Kielhorn’s Southern List\* = \*A List of the Inscriptions of Southern India from about A.D. 500 by F. Kielhorn\*, Appendix to \*Epigraphia Indica\*, Vol. VII. ### [c3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.60) \*Lüders’ List\* = \*A List of Brāhmī Inscriptions from the earliest times to about A.D. 400 by H. Lüders\*, Appendix to \*Epigraphia Indica\*, Vol. X. ### [c3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.61) \*Mem. ASB\* = \*Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal\*. ### [c3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.62) \*Mem. ASI\* = \*Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India.\* ### [c3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.63) \*Mys. Arch. Rep.\* = \*Annual Report of the Archaeological Department, Mysore State.\* ### [c3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.64) \*N. Ind. Ant.\* = \*New Indian Antiquary.\* ### [c3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.65) \*Or. Hist. Res. Journ.\* = \*Orissa Historical Research Journal, Bhubaneswar.\* ### [c3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.66) \*PHAI, Pol. Hist. Anc. Ind.\* = \*Political History of Ancient India\* by H. C. Raychaudhuri, Calcutta. ### [c3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.67) \*Proc. ASB\* = \*Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.\* ### [c3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.68) \*Proc. Hist. Rec. Comm.\* = \*Proceedings of the Historical Records Commission.\* ### [c3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.69) \*Proc. IHC\* = \*Proceedings of the Indian History Congress.\* ### [c3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.70) \*Proc. Trans. A.I. Or. Conf.\* = \*Proceedings and Transactions of the All-India Oriental Conference.\* ### [c3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.71) \*Purāṇa Text\* = \*The Purāṇa Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age\* by F. E. Pargiter, Delhi reprint, 1962. ### [c3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.72) \*Quart. Journ. Myth. Soc.\* = \*Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society, Bangalore.\* ### [c3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.73) \*Rājatar.\* = \*Kalhaṇa’s Rājatarangiṇī\*, edited and translated by Aurel Stein. ### [c3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.74) \*Rapson’s Catalogue\* = \*British Museum Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhras, etc.\*, by E.J. Rapson, London, 1908. ### [c3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.75) \*Rep. Dir. Arch. Surv., Burma\* = \*Report of the Director of Archaeological Survey, Burma.\* ### [c3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.76) \*SII\* = \*South Indian Inscriptions.\* ### [c3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.77) \*Smith’s Catalogue\* = \*Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, Vol. I\*, by V. A. Smith, 1906. ### [c3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.78) \*Sour. Med. Hist. Dek.\* = \*The Sources of the Medieval History of the Dekkan\* by G. H. Khare, Poona. ### [c3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.79) \*Stud. Geog. Anc. Med. Ind.\* = \*Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India\* by D. C. Sircar, 1960. ### [c3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.80) \*Stud. Hist. Cult. Geog. Ethn. Guj.\* = \*Studies in the History, Culture, Geography and Ethnology of Gujarat\* by H. D. Sankalia, \*Suc. Sāt., Suc. Sāt. L. Dec.\* = \*The Successors of the Sātavāhanas in the Lower Deccan\*, by D. G. Sircar, Calcutta, 1939. ### [c3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.81) \*Trav. Arch. Ser.\* = \*Travancore Archaeological Series\*. ### [c3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.82) \*Trans. Arch. Soc. S. Ind.\* = \*Transactions of the Archaeological Society of South India\*, Madras. ### [c3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.83) \*Univ. Cey. Rev.\* = \*University of Ceylon Review\*. ### [c3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.84) \*V. G.\* = \*Verspreide Geschriften\*. ### [c3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.85) \*Whitehead’s Catalogue\* = \*Catalogue of the Coins in the Punjab Museum, Lahore\*, by R. B. Whitehead, Vol. I. ### [c3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3.86) \*Wilson’s Glossary\* = \*A Glossary of Judicial and Revenue Terms\*, by H. H. Wilson, 1855. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c3) · Pramāṇa