Dear Dr. Paturi,I am not talking about historically locating literary texts. I have attached some pages from EI 7. They deal with three inscriptions described by three scholars. Each of them uses different literary textual references to explain parts of the inscriptions. But the third inscription also seems to provide an alternate etymology for the name Rāṣṭrakūṭa. If the name Rāṣṭrakūṭa occurs in a literary text, then Fleet’s discussion would contribute to a different understanding of an item in a literary context based on epigraphic data.I hope this clarifies what I am looking for.Regards,PalaniappanOn Jun 18, 2018, at 9:03 PM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi@gmail.com> wrote:Dear Tiru Palaniappan avarghal,I think the situation you mention is just the opposite of reality. Most of the modern , particularly Indological understanding of literary texts has been well informed by history which is mostly based on epigraphy. In fact, we have to identify epigraphists who have been Indologists who used literary texts to inform and correct epigraphic data since their number is not big.On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 1:34 AM, Olivelle, J P via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:Much of Gregory Schopen’s work on early Buddhism is exemplary in this regard.
> On Jun 18, 2018, at 2:14 PM, Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
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> Dear Scholars,
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> While many epigraphists have been Indologists who used literary texts to inform and correct epigraphic data, I would appreciate references to scholarly works in the other direction, i.e., the use of epigraphical data to inform and correct interpretations of literary texts.
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> Thanks in advance
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> Regards,
> Palaniappan
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