Indian Epigraphy c7.s1.1

c7.s1.1

The contributions of the pioneers in the study of Indo-Muslim epigraphy since the middle of the 19th century can be assessed from the list of published inscriptions compiled by J. Horovitz² about half a century ago. A large number of Arabic and Persian inscriptions were received by the Asiatic Society of Calcutta from officials in various parts of India and these were deciphered and published in the Society's journal by H. Blochmann. The *Asiatic Researches* and *Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal* did valuable work in this direction, which was followed by other periodicals such as the *Indian Antiquary*, *Journal Asiatique* and *Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland*. Among books published in the last century and dealing specially with inscriptions, mention may be made of the *Corpus Inscriptionum Bhavnagari* which is a collection of fiftyone inscriptions from Kathiawar and Gujarat, published in 1889 by the former State of Bhavnagar.