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Autore |
Salomon Richard <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Indian epigraphy [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to the study of inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the other Indo-Aryan languages / / Richard Salomon |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-52832-X |
0-19-535666-7 |
1-4237-5888-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (401 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Inscriptions, Indo-Aryan |
Indo-Aryan languages - Writing |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-327) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations; Note on Citation and Bibliographic Form; 1 The Scope and Significance of Epigraphy in Indological Studies; 2 Writing and Scripts in India; 3 The Languages of Indic Inscriptions; 4 Survey of Inscriptions in the Indo-Aryan Languages; 5 Methods of Epigraphic Study; 6 The History of Indian Epigraphic Studies; 7 Epigraphy as a Source for the Study of Indian Culture; 8 Bibliographic Survey; Appendix: Selection of Typical Inscriptions; Bibliography; Index of Inscriptions Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text surveys all the inscriptional material - documents written in ink on various surfaces, or carved into stone and metal, as well as seals - in the Indo-Aryan languages. It presents the corpus of these inscriptions in a way which should be accessible to both specialists and non-specialists. |
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