Indian Epigraphy c7.s3.6

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With few exceptions, the Arabic inscriptions are in prose. Of the versified records in Arabic, one dated 1313-14 A.D. from Tribeni (Hooghly District, West Bengal) is the earliest of its kind in India. It also provides the earliest chronogram among Indo-Muslim inscriptions.³ Earlier Persian inscriptions are generally in prose. The earliest dated inscription in Persian verse is the Hansi epigraph⁴ of ‘Alāu’ddīn Khaljī. Versified Persian inscriptions became more common at a later date. The majority of the inscriptions are not good literary compositions and exhibit grammatical inaccuracy and disregard for the rules of prosody.