Indian epigraphy : a guide to the study of inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the other Indo-Aryan languages / / Richard Salomon

• Autore: Salomon Richard <1948->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 pages)
• Disciplina: 411.7; 491.1; 491/.1
• Soggetto topico: Inscriptions, Indo-Aryan; Indo-Aryan languages - Writing
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-327) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Indian epigraphy
• ISBN: 0-19-773960-1; 1-280-52832-X; 0-19-535666-7; 1-4237-5888-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784812203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: South Asia research (New York, N.Y.)