> WE HAVE TO COLLECT ALL THE PUBLISHED INSCRIPTIONS
I was thinking about something along these lines. The project should be something where everyone can participate - and which is of great use to historic community.
Currently there is no easy way of finding - say, how many inscriptions did uttama chola really issued, how many were from his first regional year second year, from where they were issued, where is the exact text of this inscription published etc. Almost every other historian is spending considerable time in going through physical volumes.
If we could do something to populate a database - say a web based application were members can login and populate this info - which can later be searched, it will be of great use.
It will also help strategic analysis - why uttama is issuing more inscriptions from thondai mandalam in later years ? etc
Even if each of us can enter 10 inscriptions, with 100 members it can become a searchable database of 1000 inscriptions.
We need not type out the actual inscription etc - all we need is a reference which anybody can refer.
Any thoughts ?
Swetha : Pl include it as my suggestion for PSVP project
A searchable database is a great idea. In fact, SPS has been telling about computerising all the available SI inscriptions.
In my opinion, I think these are not the activities for the formative stage. G, what you have devised is something that we can take up once the group has set foot at least to some extent. Just my humble opinion. People like you who have hands-on experience need to decide.
> it from that site itself. First we shall create a table with the > following columns to start with:
Dear krupa
Good idea. If it is OK to all of us, may be we can host a asp page with a backend database and start cutting and pasting info into it.
Swetha : Cutting and pasting from whatisindia.com is something we can take up even at this stage. That can be a starter. Then we will see how to expand it further
Looking forward to other opinions in this direction