[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) › c7.s3.6 # Indian Epigraphy c7.s3.6 Indian Epigraphy c7.s3.6 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c7.s3.6) 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. - [Previous: c7.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c7.s3.5) - [Next: c7.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c7.s3.7) - [Up: c7.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c7.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c7.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c7.s3.6) · Pramāṇa