[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) › c8.s2.t2.10 # Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t2.10 Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t2.10 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.t2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t2.10) A few copper-plate grants of the Vijayanagara kings, who generally used the Sanskrit language and Nandināgarī characters for their charters, are written either in Sanskrit and Kannaḍa or in Kannaḍa only.⁴ Late rulers like the chiefs of Keladi and Mysore generally used Kannaḍa for their official charters.⁵ - [Previous: c8.s2.t2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t2.9) - [Next: c8.s2.t2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t2.11) - [Up: c8.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t2.10) · Pramāṇa