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Index
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Introduction
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List of Plates
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Additions and Corrections
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Chaudhury, P.D.
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Chhabra, B.ch.
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DE, S. C.
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Desai, P. B.
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Dikshit, M. G.
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Krishnan, K. G.
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Desai, P. B
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Krishna Rao, B. V.
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Lakshminarayan Rao, N., M.A.
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Mirashi, V. V.
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Narasimhaswami, H. K.
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Pandeya, L. P.,
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Sircar, D. C.
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Venkataramayya, M., M.A.,
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Venkataramanayya, N., M.A.
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Index-By A. N. Lahiri
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South-Indian Inscriptions
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Vol.
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Volume 9
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Volume 10
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Volume 12
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Volume 15
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Volume 22 Part 1
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Tiruvarur
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Darasuram
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Konerirajapuram
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Tanjavur |
Annual Reports 1935-1944
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Annual Reports 1945- 1947
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Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 2, Part 2
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Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 7, Part 3
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Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 1
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Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 2
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Epigraphica Indica
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Epigraphia Indica Volume 3
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Epigraphia Indica Volume 4
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Epigraphia Indica Volume 6
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Epigraphia Indica Volume 7
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Epigraphia Indica Volume 8
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Epigraphia Indica Volume 27
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Epigraphia Indica Volume 29
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Epigraphia Indica Volume 30
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Epigraphia Indica Volume 31
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Epigraphia Indica Volume 32
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Paramaras Volume 7, Part 2
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Śilāhāras Volume 6, Part 2
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Vākāṭakas Volume 5
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Early Gupta Inscriptions
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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
MASER INSCRIPTION OF A SULKI CHIEF
(1 Plate)
M. VENKATARAMAYYA, OOTACAMUND
This inscription was copied in the year 1930-31 by the Archaeological Department, Gwalior
State, at the village Māser, Basodā Pargana, District Bhilsa.1 The record is fragmentary and
its concluding portion is not traceable. The existing portions of the inscription are contained in
two broken pieces of a mutilated stone discovered amidst the ruins of a fallen house of a Brāhmaṇa
in the village of Māser. The only other ancient relics found in the locality were a few broken
sculptures and carved stone fragments lying near what looked like the basement of a small shrine.
From a perusal of the summary of the contents of the inscription published in the Annual Report
of the Archaeological Department, Gwalior, for the year 1930-31, I realised the importance of the
record for the history of Central India and the Deccan in the 10th century A.C. At my request
the Government Epigraphist for India secured two estampages of the inscription which were
kindly supplied by the Superintendent, Archaeological Department, Gwalior State. I edit the
record here with the kind permission of the Government Epigraphist for India.
The epigraph must have been engraved on a large slab which later broke into several pieces.
Of them, only two have been found, the rest are not forthcoming. The first of the extant fragments,
which forms the beginning of the record, containing, as it does, the opening lines, measures 3′ 6″
by 11″ and bears portions of 10 lines of writing engraved on it. The other piece which is a continuation of the first one and has been put together with the first measures 2′ 3″ by 1′ 1″ and contains
portions of 12 lines of writing. Both the pieces have suffered considerable damage. Since the
ends and beginnings of lines do not follow in sequence, considerable portions of the full inscribed
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[1] Annual Report of the Archaeological Department, Gwalior, 1930-31, Inss. Nos. 1 and 2 : pp. 10 and 22.
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