The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c35.t1: B. Sources of History
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c35.t1
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B. Sources of History
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1. PREHISTORIC ANTIQUITIES.
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See Bibl. to Ch. xxvi, 1. Summary by V. A. Smith in Imp. Gaz. ii (1908).
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2. ANCIENT LANGUAGES.
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Franke, R. O. Pāli und Sanskrit. Strassburg, 1902. Wackernagel, J. Altindische Grammatik: Introduction to vol. i, pt. i. Göttingen, 1896.
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For various views as to the relation of Sanskrit to the ancient spoken languages see J.R.A.S., 1904.
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For histories of literature see Gen. Bibl., 5.
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3. FOREIGN AUTHORITIES.
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Greek and Latin writers: see Bibl. to Chapters xv and xvi, 1. Chinese writers: see Bibl. to Ch. xxiii, 1 (*b*).
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4. ALPHABETS AND INSCRIPTIONS.
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Bühler, G. Indische Palaeographie. Grund. d. indo-ar. Phil. Strassburg, 1896. —— Eng. version: Indian Palaeography. Ed. J. F. Fleet. Ind. Ant., 1904 (App.).
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The prevalent belief that Kharoṣṭhī inscriptions do not occur in India after the 3rd century A.D. must now be modified. Sir John Marshall in a letter dated 14 Oct. 1920 writes: 'Recent discoveries at Jaulian (Taxila) make it certain that Kharoṣṭhī was in use there until at least the middle of the 5th century A.D.' (*v. sup.*, p. 62). For the Kharoṣṭhī alphabet in Chinese Turkestān see Rapson in Trans. Inter. Or. Cong., Algiers, 1905 (i, pp. 210 ff.) and Boyer, Rapson, and Senart, Kharoṣṭhī Inscriptions, i. Oxford, 1920.
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Fleet, J. F. Epigraphy. Imp. Gaz. ii. Lüders, H. A list of Brāhmī Inscriptions from the earliest times to about A.D. 400. Ep. Ind. x (App.). Calcutta, 1910.
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5. COINS.
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See Bibl. to the following: Note to Ch. xiv (Ancient Persian); Note to Ch. xv (Ancient Athenian and Macedonian); Ch. xvii, 3 (Syrian, Bactrian, Graeco-Indian, Çaka and Pahlava, and Parthian); Ch. xxi, 3 (Native Indian States); also additional entries in Bibl. to Ch. xxii, 3 (Graeco-Indian) and Ch. xxiii, 3 (Çaka and Pahlava); Ch. xxiv, 4 (Southern India).
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6. PROGRESS OF INDIAN STUDIES.
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For the interpretation and chronological classification of the ancient literatures see Macdonell, Sanskrit Literature; Winternitz, Gesch. d. ind. Litt.; and other works quoted in Gen. Bibl., 5.
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For the decipherment of the ancient alphabets see Wilson, Ariana Antiqua; Prinsep's Essays, ed. Thomas; Cunningham, Coins of Alexander's Successors article on Ancient India in Quarterly Review, July 1889 (vol. 169).