[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c18.s7.7 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c18.s7.7 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c18.s7.7 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c18.s7.7) In the very last phases of the historical paintings there are a number of inscriptions or rock writings in Aśokan and Gupta Brāhmī \[20.4.2\] and \*śaṅkha\* scripts, always overlapping the drawings. Most probably these inscriptions were written by hermits and monks living in these caves during historic times. \[The sophisticated paintings in the early and late historical Buddhist, Brāhmaṇical and Jaina rock-cut caves are excluded from the present scope.\] - [Previous: v1.c18.s7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c18.s7.6) - [Next: v1.c18.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c18.s8.1) - [Up: v1.c18.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c18.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c18.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c18.s7.7) · Pramāṇa