[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.t3.1 # Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t3.1 Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t3.1 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.1) The official charters of the early ruling families of the Telugu-speaking area belonging to the 5th and the following centuries are written in Sanskrit, grants written in Telugu appearing only from about the 9th century A.D. A number of stone inscriptions dating from the close of the 6th century A.D. are, however, written in Telugu. - [Previous: c8.s2.t2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t2.13) - [Next: c8.s2.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.2) - [Up: c8.s2.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.1) · Pramāṇa