Abbreviations: Linguistic categories

As'. As'okan inscriptions Austro-as. Austro-asiatic (cf. Munda) BHSkt. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit (Franklin Edgerton, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Newhaven, 1953) Dard. Dardic Dhp. Ga_ndha_ri or Northwest Prakrit (as recorded in the Dharmapada ed. J. Brough, Oxford 1962) Drav. Dravidian IA. Indo-aryan IE. Indo-european Ind. Indo-aryan of India proper excluding Kafiri and Dardic (as classified by R.L. Turner) KharI. Kharos.t.hi_ inscriptions; Middle Indo-aryan forms occurring in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol. II Pt.I, Calcutta, 1929 MIA Middle Indo-aryan NiDoc. Language of 'Kharos.t.hi_ Inscriptions discovered by Sir Aurel Stein in Chinese Turkestan' edited by A.M. Boyer, E.J. Rapson, and E. Senart	Ar.Arabic Aram.Aramaic Arm.Armenian Av. Avestan (Iranian) E. English Gk. Greek Goth. Gothic Ishk. Ishka_shmi_ (Iranian) Kurd. Kurdish (Iranian) Lat. Latin Lith.Lithuanian OHG. Old High German Orm. O_rmur.i_ (Iranian) OSlav. Old Slavonic Par. Para_ci_ (Iranian) Pahl. Pahlavi (Iranian) Pers. Persian (Iranian) Port. Portuguese Pr. Prasun (Kafiri) Psht. Pashto (Iranian) Tib. Tibetan Toch. Tocharian Turk. Turkish Yid. Yidgha (Iranian)

As'. As'okan inscriptions

Austro-as. Austro-asiatic (cf. Munda)

BHSkt. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit (Franklin Edgerton, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Newhaven, 1953)

Dard. Dardic

Dhp. Ga_ndha_ri or Northwest Prakrit (as recorded in the Dharmapada ed. J. Brough, Oxford 1962)

Drav. Dravidian

IA. Indo-aryan

IE. Indo-european

Ind. Indo-aryan of India proper excluding Kafiri and Dardic (as classified by R.L. Turner)

KharI. Kharos.t.hi_ inscriptions; Middle Indo-aryan forms occurring in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol. II Pt.I, Calcutta, 1929

MIA Middle Indo-aryan

NiDoc. Language of 'Kharos.t.hi_ Inscriptions discovered by Sir Aurel Stein in Chinese Turkestan' edited by A.M. Boyer, E.J. Rapson, and E. Senart

Ar.Arabic

Aram.Aramaic

Arm.Armenian

Av. Avestan (Iranian)

E. English

Gk. Greek

Goth. Gothic

Ishk. Ishka_shmi_ (Iranian)

Kurd. Kurdish (Iranian)

Lat. Latin

Lith.Lithuanian

OHG. Old High German

Orm. O_rmur.i_ (Iranian)

OSlav. Old Slavonic

Par. Para_ci_ (Iranian)

Pahl. Pahlavi (Iranian)

Pers. Persian (Iranian)

Port. Portuguese

Pr. Prasun (Kafiri)

Psht. Pashto (Iranian)

Tib. Tibetan

Toch. Tocharian

Turk. Turkish

Yid. Yidgha (Iranian)