Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The date of the introduction of writing into India; 2. The South-Indian alphabets and their development; 3. The South Indian numerals; 4. Accents and signs of punctuation; 5. The different kinds of South-Indian inscriptions; Appendix.

Promotional Information

This groundbreaking and extensive 1874 study of the Sanskrit manuscripts of southern India is still cited by scholars today.