Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c7.6

c7.6

The great pioneer in the deciphering and interpretation of inscriptions was James Prinsep, but no great progress was made after him, in this branch of antiquarian work, till the establishment of the "Indian Antiquary" and the institution of the Archæological Survey These gave a strong impetus to it, and many scholars entered into the field with zeal Twenty years ago, it would have been impossible to write the following pages