[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.t5.1 # Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t5.1 Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t5.1 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.t5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t5.1) Among the Neo-Indo-Aryan languages, Marāṭhī appears first in epigraphic records.³ One of the earliest specimens of the Marāṭhī language is found in the Marmuri copper-plate grant⁴ (974 A.D.) of the Cālukya prince Iriva-beḍaṅga Satyāśraya. Certain private records of the 11th century, such as the Dive Agar plate⁵ of 1060 A.D. and the Sravana-Belgola epigraph⁶ of c. 1118 A.D., are written in Marāṭhī. In this connection, reference may also be made to the Ambe-Jogai (1144 A.D.), Ranjali (1148 A.D.), Chiplun (1156 A.D.), Tera (1163 A.D.), Savargaon (1164 A.D.), Parel (1186 A.D.), Patan (1206 A.D.), Navasem (1239 A.D.) and Ranebennur (1252 A.D.) stone inscriptions.¹ The earliest Marāṭhī literary work is the \*Jñāneśvarī\* (the popular name of the \*Bhāvārthadīpikā\* by Jñānadeva), a commentary on the \*Gītā\*, which was composed much later than some of the above records in 1296 A.D.² The Velapur stone inscriptions³ of 1300 A.D. are slightly later than the date of the composition of the said work. - [Previous: c8.s2.t4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t4.16) - [Next: c8.s2.t5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t5.2) - [Up: c8.s2.t5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t5) ## Cites (2) - [Jñāneśvarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.marathi.jnanesvara.jnanesvari) — Jñāneśvara, Marathi - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t5.1) · Pramāṇa