Sambodhi 1994 Vol 19

Author(s): Jitendra B Shah, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

Page 81

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77 The stone-inscriptions discovered by Shri A.V. Pandya have brought to light some more kingdoms in south Gujarat. The inscriptions are compiled in 'New Dynasties of Medieval Gujarat', published in 1969.
The more intensive studies of the epigraphic and literary sources have shed more light on some other aspects of the ancient history of Gujarat.
Dr. H.D. Sankalia made 'Studies in the Historical and Cultural Geography and Ethnography of Gujarat' (1949), mainly on the basis of the ancient inscriptions of Gujarat.
Dr. P.C. Parikh studied the gradual evolution of the script in Gujarat from Brālımī to Nāgarī and published his work in 1974. It reveals that the script evolved froin the southern form of Brahmi upto the end of the Maitraka Period, but gradually yiled place to the northern form of Brālimi during the post-Maitraka Period. The Gujarati script is derived from the later stage of the Northern form. Prof. V.S. Dixit made an analytic study of the administrative organization in Gujarat from the Maitraka Period to the Caulukya Period.
Prof. B.J. Sandesara studied 'Contribution to Sanskrit Literature of Vastupāla and his Literary Circle', which was published in 1957.
Prof. Nilanjana S.Shah made a critical study (1970) of 'Bhattikāvyā' composed in Valabhī, while Miss Vibhuti R. Gharenkhan (now Mrs. V.V. Bhatt) worked on Poet Somesvara Life and works : A Study' (1973).
Prof. S.M. Pandya made a critical study of the Sanskrit dramas and poems composed in Gujarat on the basis of the Malābhārata (1982). "
Miss Bharati K. Thaker (now Mrs. B.K. Shelat) made an investigation into the chronological systems reflected in the epigraphic and literary records of Gujarat from early times upto 1300 A.D. The work was published in 1987.
Prof. J.P. Amin made a critical study of the spread of saivism in Gujarat upto 1300 A.D. (1964).
'A Historical and Cultural Study of the Inscriptions of Gujarat to the End of the Caulukya Period' by this author was published in 1989.
Miss Varsha Jani worked on the inscriptions of Gujarat during the Caulukya Period and published her work in 1991.