Some Sources for pre-1600 Indian Names
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Some Sources for pre-1600 Indian Names

by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn
(Heather Rose Jones, contact@heatherrosejones.com)
© 1999 by Heather Rose Jones; all rights reserved.

This article offers a short list of sources that may be useful for those researching pre-1600 names from the Indian sub-continent. Some of the source material is to be found in the University of California, Berkeley Library. These are mostly volumes of monumental inscriptions, generally organized by the ruling dynasty they are associated with (and hence with a particular region). Most of these are part of a series entitled Corpus inscriptionum indicarum (which, despite the Latin title, is in English). Not all of these fall in the relevant time period (e.g., vol. 1 is clearly identified as focussing on the 3rd century BC).

Corpus inscriptionum indicarum. Calcutta, Archaeological Survey of India, 1888.

Asoka, King of Magadha, fl. 259 B.C. Inscriptions of Asoka. New edition by E. Hultzsch. With 55 plates. Delhi, Indological Book House, 1969. Corpus inscriptionum indicarum ; v. 1

Konow, Sten, 1867-1948. Kharoshthi inscriptions, with the exception of those of Asoka. Calcutta, Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1929. Corpus inscriptionum indicarum ; v. 2, pt. 1

Luders, Heinrich, 1869-1943. Bharhut inscription / edited by H.Luders ; revised by E. Waldschmidt and M.A. Mehendale. Ootacamund : Government Epigraphist for India, 1963 Corpus inscriptionum Indicarum ; v. 2, pt. 2.

Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings / revised by Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar ; edited by Bahadurchand Chhabra & ... New Delhi : Archaeological Survey of India, 1981. Corpus inscriptionum Indicarum, v. 3

Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings and their successors : supplement to Fleet's Corpus inscriptionum Indicarum,... 1st ed Varanasi : Banaras Hindu University, 1971 Banaras Hindu University. Dept. of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology. Monographs ; 6 Corpus inscriptionum Indicarum, v. 3

Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu, 1893- Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi era / Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi. Ootacamund : Government Epigraphist for India, 1955. Corpus inscriptionum indicarum ; v. 4.

Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu, 1893- Inscriptions of the Vakatakas / edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi Ootacamund : Government Epigraphist for India, 1963 Corpus inscriptionum Indicarum ; v. 5

Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu, 1893- Inscriptions of the Silaharas / edited by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi. New Delhi : Archaeological Survey of India, 1977. Corpus inscriptionum indicarum ; v. 6.

Inscriptions of the Paramaras, Chandellas, Kachchapaghatas, and two minor dynasties / edited by Harihar Vitthal Trivedi. New Delhi : Archaeological Survey of India, 19-- Corpus inscriptionum indicarum ; v. 7, pt. 1-2.

Epigraphia Indo-Moslemica. Calcutta : Office of the Superintendent of Govt. Printing ; New York : Westermann, [1909?-1950?] Supplement to: Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archaeological Survey of India, 1907-1938, and: Epigraphia Indica (Archaeological Survey of India : 1939). Continued by: Epigraphia Indica. Arabic and Persian supplement

Singh, K. Suresh (Kumar Suresh), 1935- Communities, segments, synonyms, surnames and titles / K.S. Singh. Delhi : Anthropological Survey of India ; Oxford University Press, 1996. Singh, K. Suresh (Kumar Suresh), 1935- People of India ; v. 8.

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