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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
As a rule rock-inscriptions in the Indus valley were studied and in
many cases deciphered by specialists who had seen them on the
spot, in optimal cases several times and under changing light con-
ditions.
In spite of this diligent approach, the results are strikingly diver-
gent. Readers of this volume shall get a chance to form their own
opinion, e.g., whether some of the most famous Kusän emperors
were mentioned in certain inscriptions or not. In any case ques-
tions like that one should be decided before general reports on
"Archaeology of the Northern Areas" are presented to the puz-
zled reader. Therefore we reproduce a large number of inscrip-
tions, in Kharosthi and Brähmi as well. For convenience they
form the second part of the volume easing parallel use to the
scholarly text.
Under each plate the author of the relevant article is mentioned,
the number used in his notebook, then the name of the site (its
situation shown in the maps), the number given to the individual
rock or boulder. There follows the number referring to the in-
scription on that rock in case that Dr Thewalt had already
included the site in his registration system, otherwise only the
number of the photograph in our archives.
There is a list of our plates, and a concordance allowing to find
the relevant photographs in A.H. Dani's book: "Chilas, the City
of the Nanga Parvat (Dyamar)", Islamabad 1983. I just received
his new study: "Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Pakistan",
Paris—Tokyo 1988.
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As a rule rock-inscriptions in the Indus valley were studied and in
many cases deciphered by specialists who had seen them on the
spot, in optimal cases several times and under changing light con-
ditions.
In spite of this diligent approach, the results are strikingly diver-
gent. Readers of this volume shall get a chance to form their own
opinion, e.g., whether some of the most famous Kusän emperors
were mentioned in certain inscriptions or not. In any case ques-
tions like that one should be decided before general reports on
"Archaeology of the Northern Areas" are presented to the puz-
zled reader. Therefore we reproduce a large number of inscrip-
tions, in Kharosthi and Brähmi as well. For convenience they
form the second part of the volume easing parallel use to the
scholarly text.
Under each plate the author of the relevant article is mentioned,
the number used in his notebook, then the name of the site (its
situation shown in the maps), the number given to the individual
rock or boulder. There follows the number referring to the in-
scription on that rock in case that Dr Thewalt had already
included the site in his registration system, otherwise only the
number of the photograph in our archives.
There is a list of our plates, and a concordance allowing to find
the relevant photographs in A.H. Dani's book: "Chilas, the City
of the Nanga Parvat (Dyamar)", Islamabad 1983. I just received
his new study: "Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Pakistan",
Paris—Tokyo 1988.
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