Exploring the world of handwritten manuscripts, this essay argues that such documents are invaluable for reconstructing India’s history and culture. It explains that before printing, texts were…
2016Vol. 39pp. 161–174
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સોકોત્રા ટાપુ પરથી પ્રાપ્ત ગુજરાતી શિલાલેખો વિ.સં. ૧૭૨૯ (ઈ.સ. ૧૬૬૨) અને વિ.સં.૧૭૭૫ (ઈ.સ.૧૭૧૮)
This Gujarati article presents two previously unreported inscriptions from the island of Socotra, located in the Arabian Sea. The inscriptions, dated to V.S. 1729 (A.D. 1662) and V.S. 1775 (A.D.…
The Indian Scripts traces the development of writing in South Asia. References in Panini’s Astadhyayi and Kautilya’s Arthashastra show that script study was integral to ancient education. Asoka’s…
This Gujarati study presents and translates a copper‑plate inscription issued by a ruler of the Maitraka dynasty in 630 CE (Valabhī saṃvat 391). The inscription records the grant of a village to a…
In this Gujarati article, Bhārati Śelat and R.T. Sāvaliyā survey the prominent manuscript libraries of Gujarat and highlight their cultural and scholarly importance. The authors begin by noting…
1997-98Vol. 21pp. 105–116
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A Forged Agarva Copper-Plate Grant of Sahasrarjuna
This article analyses a pair of copper plates purported to record a land grant issued by the legendary king Sahasrarjuna (Kartavirya). Discovered near Dakor in Gujarat and now kept at the B. J.…