The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c22: Appendix H
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c22
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- English
Contents
- c22.s1 I. General — 4 parts
- c22.s2 II. Minor Rock Edicts — 10 parts
- c22.s3 III. Bhābrū (Bhābrā) Edict — 10 parts
- c22.s4 IV. The Fourteen Rock Edicts — 4 parts
- c22.s5 V. Kalinga Edicts — 1 part
- c22.s6 VI. The Seven Pillar Edicts — 6 parts
- c22.s7 VII. Minor Pillar Edicts — 5 parts
- c22.s8 VIII. The Tarāi Commemorative Inscriptions — 1 part
- c22.s9 IX. Cave Dedications of Asoka and Daśaratha — 1 part
Appendix H
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*The Inscriptions of Asoka ; Bibliographical Note*
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(Based on that published in *Asoka*, 3rd ed., pp. 227–30, brought up to date.)
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The older and obsolete publications of Prinsep, &c., are not cited. A full list of references up to 1902 will be found in R. Otto Franke, *Pāli und Sanskrit*, Strassburg, 1902, pp. 1–5. The following list, recording publications up to and including 1919, is believed to be nearly complete, so far as important writings are concerned, but it is possible some articles may have been overlooked.
I. General
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Senart, Émile.—*Les Inscriptions de Piyadasi* (Paris, t. i, 1881 ; t. ii, 1886). This great work, although partially superseded by later discoveries and researches, is still indispensable for a thorough study of the inscriptions.
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Cunningham, Sir A.—*Inscriptions of Asoka* (Calcutta, 1877). May be consulted for topographical details.
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Smith, V. A.—‘Asoka Notes’ (12) in *Ind. Ant.* for 1903, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1918; *Asoka, the Buddhist Emperor of India*, 3rd ed., 1920. The new edition of the inscriptions, with translation and commentary, by Prof. Hultzsch, has been suspended and indefinitely delayed by the War.
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Thomas, F. W.—‘Notes on the Edicts of Asoka’, in *J. R. A. S.*, 1914, 1915, 1919.
II. Minor Rock Edicts
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These documents, studied in connexion with the Minor Pillar Edicts, have attracted special attention. The last word has not been said yet.
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Bühler, G.—The three Siddāpura (Mysore) texts, ed. and transl. with facs., in *Ep. Ind.*, iii, 135–42; the three northern texts, Sahasrām, Bairāt, and Rūpnāth, ed. and transl. with facs. of Sahasrām and Rūpnāth in *Ind. Ant.*, vi (1877), pp. 149–60; and revised, ibid., vol. xxii (1893), pp. 299–306. See also ibid., vol. xxvi (1897), p. 334.
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Senart and Grierson.—The three northern texts, in *Ind. Ant.*, vol. xx (1891), p. 154.
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Rice, Lewis.—Facs. of Siddāpura texts, all three, in *Ep. Carn.*, vol. xi (Bangalore, 1909); and of Brahmagiri text in *Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions* (London, 1909).
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Fleet, J. F.—A series of papers in *J. R. A. S.*, for 1903, 1904, 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1911.
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Thomas, F. W.—*Ind. Ant.*, 1908, p. 21; ‘Les Vivāsāh d’Asoka’, *J. Asiatique*, Mai–Juin 1910, important; *J. R. A. S.*, 1913, p. 477.
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Hultzsch, Prof.—*J. R. A. S.*, 1910, pp. 142, 1308; 1911, p. 1114; 1913, p. 1053 (with Minor Pillar Edicts).
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Lévi, Prof. Sylvain.—‘Vyuthena 256’ in *J. Asiatique*, Jan.–Fév. 1911.
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Bhandarkar, D. R.—‘Epigraphic Notes and Questions’, *Ind. Ant.*, 1912, pp. 170–3.
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Yazdani, G.—The Maski text. Ed. with plates in *Hyderabad Archaeol. Series*, No. i, Calcutta, 1915; commented on by Rice, *J. R. A. S.*, 1916, p. 838.
III. Bhābrū (Bhābrā) Edict
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Senart and Grierson.—Revised ed. and transl. in *Ind. Ant.*, vol. xx (1891), p. 165.
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Burgess, J.—Facs. in *J. Asiatique*, 1887.
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Davids, T. W. Rhys.—*J. R. A. S.*, 1898, p. 639; *J. Pāli Text Soc.*, 1896.
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Hardy, E.—*J. R. A. S.*, 1901, pp. 311, 577.
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LÉVI, PROF. SYLVAIN.—‘Notes sur diverses inscriptions de Piyadasi’, Sec. ii, in *J. Asiatique*, Mai–Juin 1896. (Sec. i deals with the Minor Rock Edicts).
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KOSAMBI, PROF. DH.—*Ind. Ant.*, vol. xli, 1912, p. 37.
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HULTZSCH, PROF.—*J. R. A. S.*, 1909, p. 727; 1911, p. 1113–17.
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EDMUNDS, A.—*J. R. A. S.*, 1913, p. 385.
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BARNA, B. M.—*J. R. A. S.*, 1915, p. 805.
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MITRA SAILENDRANATH.—*J. R. A. S.*, vol. xlviii (1919), p. 8.
IV. The Fourteen Rock Edicts
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The standard edition is that by BÜHLER in *Ep. Ind.*, ii, pp. 447–72, with facs. of Girnār and Kālsī texts; transcripts of Girnār, Kālsī, Shāhbāzgaṛhi and Mānsahra texts, and version of Shāhbāzgaṛhi. Facs. of Edict XII, Shāhb., by same, in *Ep. Ind.*, i, 16; ed. and transl., by same, of Dhauli and Jaugaḍa texts in BURGESS, *Amarāvatī* (*A. S. S. I.*, 1887), pp. 114–25. Another facs. of Girnār text, with obsolete transl., in BURGESS, *Kāthiāwār and Kachh, A. S. W. I.*, pp. 93–127.
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Edicts I, II, discussed in *J. Bo. Br. R. A. S.*, vol. xx (1902), and in *Ind. Ant.*, xlii (1913), pp. 253–8; vol. xlvii (1918), p. 48 and pp. 221–3; and *J. R. A. S.*, 1914, p. 393. For Edict III, see Fleet, *J. R. A. S.*, 1908, pp. 811–22; and *J. B. O. Res. Soc.*, iv, 37. Edict IV, discussed by HULTZSCH, *J. R. A. S.*, 1911, p. 785, and D. R. BHANDARKAR, *Ind. Ant.*, 1913, p. 25. See also *Ind. Ant.*, xliv (1915), p. 208. For Edict V, see *J. B. O. Res. Soc.*, iv, 144–6. For Edict VI, *Ind. Ant.*, xlvii (1918), p. 51. For Edict VIII, *Ind. Ant.*, vol. xlii (1913), p. 159; RHYS DAVIDS, *Dialogues*, 1st series, p. 190. For Edict IX, *J. R. A. S.*, 1913, p. 654. Edict XIII, *J. R. A. S.*, 1913, p. 655.
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Many points connected with the series are examined by V. A. SMITH in ‘Asoka Notes’ (see *I. General*, above); and by R. O. FRANKE, ‘Zu Açoka’s Felsen-Edicten’, in *Nachr. d. königl. Gesellsch. d. Wissenschaften zu Göttingen*, 1895.
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The papers by MICHELSON, chiefly dealing with technicalities of etymology and phonetics, in *J. Amer. Or. Soc.*, 1911; *American J. Philology*, 1909, 1910; and *Indo-Germ. Forschungen*, 1910, 1911, are concerned to a considerable extent with the Fourteen Rock Edicts.
V. Kalinga Edicts
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Revised, ed., and trans. by SENART and GRIERSON in *Ind. Ant.*, xix (1890), pp. 82–102; correcting the earlier transl. by BÜHLER, with facs. in BURGESS, *Amarāvatī* (*A. S. S. I.*, 1887), pp. 125–31. See also Kern, *Manual of Indian Buddhism* (Strassburg, 1896), p. 61.
VI. The Seven Pillar Edicts
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The standard ed. is BÜHLER’S, with transl. and facs. of somè texts, in *Ep. Ind.*, ii (1894), pp. 245–74. Revised ed. and transl.
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by Senart and Grierson in *Ind. Ant.*, xvii (1888), pp. 303–7; xviii (1889), pp. i, 73, 105, 300. Facs. of Delhi–Topra and Allāhābād texts, by Bühler and Fleet, in *Ind. Ant.*, xiii (1884), p. 306.
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Monmohan Chakravarti.—‘Animals in the Inscriptions of Piyadasi’ (*Memoirs A. S. B.*, Calc., 1906), for Ed. v.
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T. Michelson in ‘Notes on the Pillar Edicts of Asoka’ (*Indo-Germ. Forschungen* (Sonderabzug, Trübner, Strassburg, 1908)) gives valuable textual criticism with some interpretations. See ‘Asokan Notes’ in *J. A. O. S.*, vol. xxxvi (1916), pp. 205–12.
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For description of the Rāmpurwā pillars, see *J. R. A. S.*, 1908, p. 1085. Pillar Edict IV is discussed by Thomas, *J. R. A. S.*, 1916, pp. 120–3; for Pillar Edict VII, see D. R. Bhandarkar in *Ind. Ant.*, vol. xliii (1884), p. 310; Thomas, *J. R. A. S.*, 1915, p. 97, and ibid., 1916, p. 122.
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The Pillar Edicts present comparatively few difficulties.
VII. Minor Pillar Edicts
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(1) Sārnāth.—Vogel, discussion with facs. in *Ep. Ind.*, viii (1905–6), p. 168; Senart, *Comptes rendus de l’Acad. des Inscriptions*, 1907, p. 25; Venis. *J. & Proc. A. S. B.*, vol. iii, N.S. (1907); Norman, ibid., vol. iv (1908); Boyer, *J. Asiatique*, t. x (1907), p. 119. See also Thomas, *J. R. A. S.*, 1915, p. 112.
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(2) Kauśāmbī.—Senart transcribed it in *Ind. Ant.*, xviii (1889), p. 309; facs. and transcript by Bühler, ibid., xix (1890), p. 126.
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(3) Sāñchī.—Bühler ed. and transl. in *Ep. Ind.*, ii, 87, 367, 369; Hultzsch, *J. R. A. S.*, 1911, p. 167.
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(4) Queen’s Edict.—Bühler ed. and transl. in *Ep. Ind.*, ii, 87, 367; and further revision in *Ind. Ant.*, xix (1890), p. 125. Emendation by Hultzsch, *J. R. A. S.*, 1911, p. 1113. Senart, revised, ed., and transl. in *Ind. Ant.*, xviii (1889), p. 308.
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The interpretation is connected with that of the Minor Rock Edicts, which see. For description of the pillar, see *Annual Rep. Arch. S.*, 1904–5, pp. 36, 68.
VIII. The Tarāi Commemorative Inscriptions
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Both ed. and transl. by Bühler, with facs. in *Ep. Ind.*, v, 4. Discussion by V. A. Smith, Introd. to Mukhurji, *Report on Antiquities in the Tarāi, Nepāl*, Calcutta, 1901; and in *Ind. Ant.*, vol. xxxiv (1905), p. 10. Pischel in *Sitzungsb. d. kön. preuss. Akad. d. Wissenschaften*, 1903. Fleet, *J. R. A. S.*, 1908, pp. 471–98, 823. Charpentier, *Ind. Ant.*, xliii (1914), pp. 17–20.
IX. Cave Dedications of Asoka and Daśaratha
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All ed. and transl. by Bühler, with facs. in *Ind. Ant.*, xx (1891), p. 361. The Gorathagiri inscriptions are published by Jackson in *J. B. O. Res. Soc.*, i (1915), pp. 159–71, with plates.