Eggeling, Hans Julius, 1842-1918 (Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Edinburgh)

Scope and Contents

Julius Eggeling (1842-1918), Sanskritist, Autograph Letter Signed. 29 May 1893. Eggeling writes to Karl Dziatzko, Chief librarian at Göttingen university, to thank him for extensive research help.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short biographical information, purchase information, physical description of the letter (including University of Edinburgh coat of arms).

Transcription included in the file? Yes.

Scope and Contents This is an important collection of 7 Indian inscriptions in Sanskrit on copper plates recording land grants dating from the 5th to 16th centuries CE. The study of such inscriptions is an important element within Indian epigraphy, especially for the early ones which have survived whereas other perishable writing materials of the period have not. The inscriptions normally record donations by kings of villages or land to the Hindu Brahman elite (who are considered to be particularly deserving...