D. B. Diskalkar

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Collections of the Asiatic Society, vol. XIV

By D. B. Diskalkar

Reviewing the final volume of the Asiatic Society’s Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts, this article describes the scope and features of the publication. The volume, one of the smallest in…

Excavations at Kasrawad

By D. B. Diskalkar

At the start of the article, the authors describe the location of Kasrawad, a mound of bricks known locally as Itbardi on the southern bank of the Narmada River. Situated on a rocky plateau measuring…

A Copper-plate grant of Rana Arisimha to Ahilyabai Holkar

By D. B. Diskalkar

This note transcribes and analyses an inscribed copper‑plate recently transferred to the Indore Museum. Measuring about 11¼ × 7 inches, the plate contains sixteen lines in Devanagari Mewadi‑Sanskrit…

Antiquity of the Image of Mahisāsuramardinī

By D. B. Diskalkar

This short note challenges the belief that the oldest image of the goddess Durgā slaying Mahisāsura dates to the 6th century CE. The author points out that images of Mahisāsuramardinī riding a lion…

Vasundhara, the Daughter of Vikrama

By D. B. Diskalkar

D. B. Diskalkar investigates the identity of Vasundharā mentioned in the Kṛtyakalpataru of Lakṣmīdhara. In a verse enumerating persons who attained salvation through religious observance, the text…

A Coin of Murid Shah (?)

By D. B. Diskalkar

Bogle’s Embassy to Tibet

By D. B. Diskalkar

This long article reconstructs the diplomatic mission of George Bogle to Tibet in 1774–75, the first British envoy to cross the Himalayas. It begins by reviewing earlier European contacts with…

Two Seals from Cutch

By D. B. Diskalkar

Bhandarkar describes two seals unearthed in the Cutch region. The first bears a legend in early Brāhmī script naming a merchant guild, while the second shows a humped bull standing before a trident.…

Kauṭalya or Kauṭilya – Note

By D. B. Diskalkar

This brief communication addresses the orthography of the name ‘Kauṭilya,’ author of the Arthashastra. The writer notes that some inscriptions spell the name as ‘Kauṭalya’ and presents epigraphic…