Report on the inscriptions of the Devasthanam Collection with illustrations. Issued under the authority of His Holiness Sri Mahant Prayagadasji Varu, Vicharanakarta of the Devasthanams . With an Introduction By M. R. Ry., K. A. Nilakanta Sastri

Sastry, Sadhu Subrahmanya, Devasthanam Archæologist, Tirupati

Published by Tirupati Sri Mahant's Press, 21, Anderson Street, Madras, 1930

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First edition, 4to, pp. [6], xxiii, [3], 366; , 29 leaves of plates (5 folding); pictorial title page; 2 folding maps, 30 double-sided plates (5 folding); original blue moiré cloth, gilt-stamped spine; lightly rubbed at the extremities, else a very good, sound, and clean copy. At the head of the title: Sri T. T. etc., Devasthanam Epigraphical Series. "Sadhu Subrahmanya Sastry will be "remembered forever for his outstanding research on the inscriptions in Tirumala adding to the glory and popularity of the temple and its deity Lord Venkateswara. Sastry, who was in TTD service [i.e., Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, an independent government trust in India which manages various temples] as Peishkar of Tirumala temple, had keen interest on epigraphy that ultimately driven him to take up intense research on the inscriptions found in Tirumala temple and also other temples under the control of TTD, in the process bringing the entire history of the famous temple to the world. His books [are] based on the findings in the inscriptions in Tirumala and other temples is a literary treasure and a rare historical record . Sastry also brought out many interesting facts related to the development of Tirumala and other sub-shrines of TTD engraved on the inscriptions and copper plates and carried out a stupendous research work on it" (Spandana Harish).

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• Title: Report on the inscriptions of the Devasthanam Collection with illustrations. Issued under the authority of His Holiness Sri Mahant Prayagadasji Varu, Vicharanakarta of the Devasthanams . With an Introduction By M. R. Ry., K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
• Publisher: Tirupati Sri Mahant's Press, 21, Anderson Street, Madras
• Publication Date: 1930
• Edition: 1st Edition
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