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[Chandan Narayan]

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Vijay,
A good source is Salomon's Indian Epigraphy (OUP, 1998). Althouth it deals
mainly with epigraphical sources, it provides wonderful insight into the
sociolinguistic situation of traditional India.

Best,
Chandan Narayan


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On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, vijay thakur wrote:

> VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
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> Dear List Members:
> Greetings:
> I'm Working on the Socipolitical and Linguistic aspects of Indian Writing
> System(s). The work is intended to provide an exhaustive description and
> analysis of both structural and functional dimensions of Indian Scripts.
> Though there has been some work on the Mother/father (!) Script 'Brahmi'
> and quite a substantial work on '(dev)nagri', I'm having trouble finding
> good resources on other scripts. I would appreciate your assistance in
> providing me any reference material  and work you might be aware of,
> especially with reference to the following scripts (though not limited
> to):
>
> Gurumukhi, Rong, Sharda, Kaithi/Mithilakshar/Tirhutia, Lhanda, Lepcha,
> Manipuri/meithei, Rong, MuDiya, Ol-Chiki, Waarang-Kshiti,Siddhimatrika,
> Nandinagari, Konkani, Vatalattu, Telugu-KannaDa, Grantha and Tamil,
> Bengali-Assamese, Oriya
>
> Thanks in advance anticipating your help.
>
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