Indian Epigraphy

Contents: Preface. 1. Two Brahmi letters on a bead-making mould from Banavasi. 2. Banavasi Inscription of Siva Siri Pulumavi. 3. Inscribed pottery and a seal from Karnataka. 4. Harishi Inscription of Rashta kuta Kannara IV. 5. Tumbalu Copper-plate of Ganga Harivarmma.  6. Asandi Copper Plate of Ganga King Arasane. 7. Bassein Copper Plate of Sevunachandra. 8. Inscriptions of Sarangapani. 9. A Jaina epigraph from Konakondla. 10. A Unique Hoysala alphabet inscription at Keresante. 11. Hiriyur Inscription of Hoysala Somesvara. 12. An Early Inscription of Hoysala Vishnuvardhana. 13. Some Important Hoysala Feudatories. 14. Four Unpublished Kannada Inscriptions. 15. A Chalukya Feudatory of Varuna. 16. Hosa Agrahara Copper Plate of Vijayanagara Krishnadevaraya. 17. Inscriptions from Chamundi Hill. 18. New light on the dynastic name Seuna. 19. New light on the history of Guttas. 20. Political rivalry between the Hoysalas and the Seunas in the thirteenth century. 21. Struggle for Hoysala Supremacy in Karnataka (1184-1192 A.D.). 22. Sringeri Inscription of Harihara-I. 23. Seals of Sringeri Samsthanam. 24. A note on the place name Sringeri. 25. Karnataka origin of the Sevunas. 26. Minor Silahara and Kadamba Dynasties. 27. Amatyas Bichana and Kholesvara. 28. Panchamahasabdas. 29. Karnataka Kings and Jainism. 30. Vaishnavism in Karnataka. 31. Development of Virasaivism during the Yadava period. 32. The Role of epigraphy in the study of South Indian Numismatics. 33. Place name prefixes Hosa and Hale in Karnataka. 34. Place names as part of caste names. 35. Place Names Ending with Kavalu. 36. Epigraphy toponymy and history. 37. The local rulers and the place names. 38. Hon and Hema as prefixes of place names. 39. Place names representing castes and communities. 40. Parada and pete place names. 41. An ancient sale-deed inscription. 42. Professional taxes in Vijayanagara period as revealed from inscriptions. 43. Personality of Saint Umasvati as gleaned from Inscriptions. 44. Kadamba Inscription at Banavasi.  45. Jaina Saint Pujyapada in Inscriptions. 46. Kallur Inscription of Yadava Ramachandra. 47. Epigraphical references to music. 48. A study of epigraphs at Talakad. 49. Graffiti on pottery and Brahmi script. 50. Atakur Inscription of Rashtrakuta Krishna III. 

Epigraphy occupies an important place in the study of Indology in general and that of Indian history in particular. It is an authentic source and throws light on different aspects of our culture. The present collection by Dr. Narasimha Murthy consists of edited inscriptions, translations and study of the historical significance, palaeographical peculiarities and geographical details.