Author: Hira Lal

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9781332119745

Excerpt from Descriptive Lists of Inscriptions in the Central Provinces and Berar When in 1909 Dr. (now Sir John) Marshall, C. I. E., Director-General of Archaeology in India, visited this Province, he asked the District Officers to report on the archaeological requirements of their respective districts. I then took an opportunity of suggesting, among other things, the preparation of an Epigraphia for the Central Provinces and Berar containing the full transcript, translation and notes on each inscription; but Dr. J. P. Vogel, later on the locum tenens of Dr. Marshall, pointed out that these Provinces were never under the sway of a single dynasty, and an Epigraphia referring to various dynasties limited to the inscriptions found in parts of their dominions now included in the Central Provinces and Berar would necessarily be incomplete, and thus a less elaborate work giving important data contained in each inscription, together with references to books or journals where it is dealt with in details, would serve all the purposes which a book of this kind is expected to do. The compilation has accordingly been made on the lines suggested by Dr. Vogel, but in a few cases, such as Arang Plate of Bhimasena, No. 116, and Sirpur Inscription, No. 120, I have given rather a detailed account, as I did not think there was a chance for my detailed articles on them to appear in the Epigraphia Indica before the publication of this book, which has, however, been much delayed simply for want of letters with diacritical marks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."