The main record series for the Hindu kingdoms of northern India around 1200. Its volumes print, with text and translation, the land grants and temple records that show who held what: the Chandela stone records of Paramardi (reigning in 1200, died about 1203) and his son Trailokyavarman; the Paramara grants of Subhatavarman of Malwa (about 1194 to 1209); the Gahadavala copper plates, including the 1197 plate of Harishchandra, Jayachandra's son, which shows a Gahadavala still granting land near Benares after the Ghurid conquest; the grants of Bhima II of Gujarat; the Sena plates of Lakshmanasena; and the Eastern Ganga charters of Rajaraja III (from 1198). Each record gives a date, a place, a donor and his titles, which is the firmest evidence there is for the map of 1200.
About this source
- Title
- Epigraphia Indica
- Author
- Various (edited for the Archaeological Survey of India by J. Burgess, E. Hultzsch, F. Kielhorn, Sten Konow, F. W. Thomas and successors)
- Written
- inscriptions of the 1180s to 1210s; the series ran from 1892
- Language
- Sanskrit (some Prakrit and regional languages), with English translations and summaries
- Covers
- the whole span of Indian epigraphy; this entry is for records dated about 1190 to 1210
- Kind
- Inscriptions
Most volumes to about vol. 30 are on the Internet Archive as Digital Library of India scans; later volumes are on the Archaeological Survey of India site. Use the index volumes to find records by dynasty. Dates in the records are usually in the Vikrama or Saka eras and need conversion.
Where to read it
Editions
- Epigraphia Indica vol. 1 (1892), ed. J. Burgess
- Epigraphia Indica vol. 4 (1896 to 1897), ed. E. Hultzsch
- Epigraphia Indica vol. 11 (1911 to 1912), ed. E. Hultzsch
- Epigraphia Indica vol. 12 (1913 to 1914), ed. Sten Konow
- Epigraphia Indica vol. 22 (1933 to 1934), ed. N. P. Chakravarti and others
About the source
Realms this source covers in 1200
- The Chandelas of Jejakabhukti
- The Paramaras of Malwa
- What remains of the Gahadavalas
- The Chaulukya kingdom of Gujarat
- The Senas of Bengal
- The Eastern Gangas of Kalinga
- The Kalachuris of Tripuri and Ratnapura
- The Guhilas of Mewar
- The Chahamana houses of Nadol and Jalor
- The independent Rajput houses
- Magadha and Anga
- Kamarupa