''Epigraphia Indica'' was the official publication of the

Archaeological Survey of India The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country. It was founded in 1861 by Alexander ...

(ASI) from 1882 to 1977. The first volume was edited by James Burgess in the year 1882. Between 1892 and 1920 it was published as a quarterly supplement to '' The Indian Antiquary''. Temple, Richard Carnac. (1922)
Fifty years of The Indian Antiquary
'. Mazgaon, Bombay: B. Miller, British India Press, pp. 3-4. One part is brought out in each quarter year and eight parts make one volume of this periodical; so that one volume is released once in two years. About 43 volumes of this journal were published. They were edited by the officers who headed the Epigraphy Branch of ASI.

Editors

* J. Burgess: Vol I (1882) & Vol II (1894) * E. Hultzsch: Vol III (1894–95), Vol IV (1896–97), Vol V (1898–99), Vol VI (1900–01), Vol VII (1902–03), Vol VIII (1905–06), Vol IX (1907–08) *

Sten Konow image:StenKonow.jpg, Sten Konow Sten Konow (17 April 1867 – 29 June 1948) was a Norwegian Indologist. He was a professor of Indian philology at the University of Oslo, Christiania University, Oslo, from 1910, until moving to Hamburg Universi ...

: Vol X (1909–10), Vol XI (1911–12), Vol XII (1913–14), Vol XIII (1915–16) * F. W. Thomas: Vol XIV (1917–18), Vol XV (1919–20), Vol XVI (1921–22) * H. Krishna Sastri: Vol XVII (1923–24), Vol XVIII (1925–26), Vol XIX (1927–28) * Hiranand Shastri: Vol XX (1929–30), Vol XXI (1931–32) * N. P. Chakravarti: Vol XXII (1933–34), Vol XXIII (1935–36), Vol XXIV (1937–38), Vol XXV (1939–40), Vol XXVI (1941–42) * N. Lakshminarayan Rao and B. Ch. Chhabra: Vol XXVII (1947–48) http://library.bjp.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1910/18/epigraphia-indica-vol-27.pdf * D. C. Sircar: Vol XXVIII (1949–50) - jointly with B. Ch. Chhabra), Vol XXX (1951–52) - jointly with N. Lakshminarayan Rao, Vol XXXI(1955–56), Vol XXXII(1957–58), Vol XXXIII(1959–60), Vol XXXIV(1960–61), Vol XXXV (1962–63), Vol XXXVI (1964–65) * G. S. Gai: Vol XXXVII (1966–67), Vol XXXVIII, Vol XXXIX, Vol XL * K. V. Ramesh: Vol XLI (1975–76), Vol XLII (1977–78)

Other contributors

August Hermann Francke August Hermann Francke (; 22 March 1663 – 8 June 1727) was a German Lutheran clergyman, theologian, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar. His evangelistic fervour and pietism got him expelled as lecturer from the universities of Dresden and ...

* Aurel Stein * V. Venkayya * Robert Sewell * D. R. Bhandarkar * J. Ph. Vogel * F. O. Oertel * N. K. Ojha * F. E. Pargiter * F. Kielhorn * John Faithfull Fleet * K. A. Nilakanta Sastri * K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar *

T. A. Gopinatha Rao T. A. Gopinatha Rao (1872-1919) was an Indian archaeologist and epigraphist with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) who contributed regularly to the journal '' Epigraphia Indica''. He was appointed first Superintendent of the Travancore Arch ...

Arabic and Persian supplement

The ASI also published an Arabic and Persian supplement from 1907 to 1977. While the first volume in 1907 was edited by E. Denison Ross of Calcutta Madrassa and the second and third volumes by Josef Horovitz, subsequent volumes have been edited by Ghulam Yazdani (1913–40), Maulvi M. Ashraf Hussain (1949–53) and Z. A. Desai (1953–77). Since 1946, the volumes have been edited by an Assistant Superintendent for Arabic and Persian Inscriptions, a special post created by the Government of India for the purpose.

References

External links

Official site of Archaeological Survey of India.

First 36 volumes available online at The Digital Library of India
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