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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Technical terms of Sanskrit, Prakrit and Dravidian inscriptions (fiscal, administrative, land-measure, titles, coins, weights), defined with references to the records.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [D. C. Sircar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sircar-dc)
- **Extent:** 8,192 passages, 131,707 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass 1966; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by… · In copyright (D. C. Sircar †1984); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c1) — 15 parts
- [c2 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c2) — 6 parts
- [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c3) — 26 parts
- [c4 General Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c4) — 23 parts
- [c5 System of Transliteration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c5) — 8 parts
- [c6 Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) — 6,945 parts
- [c7 Appendix I: Privileges Attached to Free Holdings](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c7) — 254 parts
- [c8 Appendix II: Tax Names in Dravidian Languages](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c8) — 350 parts
- [c9 Appendix III: Names of Coins, Metal Weights, etc.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9) — 312 parts
- [c10 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c10) — 181 parts
- [c11 Addenda et Corrigenda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c11) — 70 parts

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