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Epigraphic India
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India is home to the world's largest collection of inscriptional records. Etched on stones, copper plates, and temple walls by kings, religious authorities, and lay people, each inscription holds a distinct piece of history—a royal decree, a poetic prayer, a religious land grant, or a record of everyday life preserved for eternity—telling the timeless stories of its people, rulers, faith, and cultures.
Built on the foundations laid by the Archaeological Survey of India and the great epigraphists of the 19th and 20th centuries, we are aggregating hundreds of volumes of Indian epigraphy into one powerful, searchable database. Our corpus is complete with metadata, glossaries, and critical introductions. By resurrecting this scholarship, we serve as the window to India's history, language, and legacy.
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From the corpus
A record mentioning a grant of land for Vedic sacrifices by king Śaṅkaragaṇa
Temple-related excavation works at Akṣī during the reign of Śilāhāra king Keśideva II.
A commemorative grant on the completion of the temple construction
An unfinished copper-plate charter issued from Padmapurā
A charter from Anjaneri granting villages and exempting tolls for a temple of lord Nārāyaṇa
A legal and economic charter from Anjaneri protecting merchants from royal escheat and defining town fines
