[INDOLOGY] first Sanskrit inscription ever published?

[Manu Francis]

Dans le premier numéro des *Asiatick Researches* (1788), publication de
traductions d’inscriptions par Jones, Wilkins (p. 123-130, 131-141).

Wilkins, Charles (1788). An Inscription on a Pillar near Buddal. Asiatic
Researches 1: 131- 141, with remarks by Sir William Jones pp. 142-4.

Yours.

Manu

Emmanuel Francis <http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725>
Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud
<http://ceias.ehess.fr/> (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
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Regionalism & Cosmopolitism: South India <http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/>
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Universität Hamburg)




Le jeu. 14 févr. 2019 à 09:35, Tieken, H.J.H. via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> a écrit :

> Dear Arlo,
> I happen to have an "offprint" from Asiatic Researches Vol. 5 of 1799, pp.
> 131 ff of an article by a certain Jonathan Duncan, Efq., titled An Account
> of the Difcovery of Two Urns in the Vicinity of Benares. The text of the
> article is followed by drawings of the inscriptions. This is volume 5 of
> Asiatic Researches. I can imagine that in the earlier volumes more can be
> found.
> Herman
>
> Herman Tieken
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> 2515 BP Den Haag
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> ------------------------------
> *Van:* INDOLOGY [indology-bounces at list.indology.info] namens Arlo
> Griffiths via INDOLOGY [indology at list.indology.info]
> *Verzonden:* donderdag 14 februari 2019 7:22
> *Aan:* INDOLOGY
> *Onderwerp:* [INDOLOGY] first Sanskrit inscription ever published?
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Does anyhow know a modern scholarly publication of a Sanskrit inscription
> older than the one that can be found here in the following?
>
> John Crawfurd, An Inscription from the Kawi or Ancient Javanese Language,
> Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen
> 8, 1816, Batavia: Government Press.
>
> The volume of the *Verhandelingen* in question can be found on archive.org.
> The title is misleading, and the decipherment utterly unreliable, but the
> transcription clearly reflects the Sanskrit-text of the 'Calcutta Stone' (
> https://iias.asia/the-newsletter/article/kolkata-calcutta-stone-bicentennial-british-interregnum-java-1811-1816).
> It occurred to me recently that this publication might mark the beginning
> of Sanskrit epigraphy as a modern scholarly enterprise. But perhaps there
> is competition from publications by British officers who were posted in
> India proper rather than in 'Farther India'. Please enlighten me.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Arlo Griffiths
>
>
>
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