History and Culture of Tamil Nadu: As Gleaned from the Sanskrit Inscriptions, Vol.2 (C. 1310 - C. 1885 AD)
Madhavan, Chitra
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Book ID : 724
ISBN-10 : 81-246-0369-3 / 8124603693
ISBN-13 : 978-81-246-0369-7 / 9788124603697
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2017
Edition : (Second Impression)
Language : English
xviii, 198p., App., Bib., Index, 23 cm. (Reconstucting Indian History & Culture, No. 31)
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DESCRIPTION
Epigraphy, or the study of inscriptions, has played a very important role in reconstructing the history of India. Tamil Nadu in particular has a very large number of epigraphs, which have been of immense help to historians in writing about the history of the Tamil Country. The majority of these inscriptions are written in Tamil. However, beginning from the sixth century AD, a large number of inscriptions, both lithic and copper-plate grants came to be composed in Sanskrit as well. Some of these epigraphs are wholly in Sanskrit while some, especially the copper-plate inscriptions, are-bi-lingual, with the first or parasite portion in chaste Sanskrit and the second or operative part of the record being in Tamil.
