Persian language enjoyed the status of official language of the subcontinent for centuries. The local took special interest in it and used this language in every sphere of life. It is why that even epigraphs and petrographs were inscribed with this language. Today, Persian epigraphs are found far and wide in Pakistan. But many of them could not bear the climatic effect and lost their original shapes. Only some of them could survive and these survived epigraphs and petrographs are the focus of this article.

References

1.      Hekmat, Ali Asghar. نقش پارسی بر احجار هند  Tehran, 1337, P. 13.

2.      Haj Seyed Javadi, Eternal Heritage, Persian Petrogaphy and Epigraphy in Pakistan, میراث جاودان, Islamabad, 2vols, 1992, vol.2, p.670

3.      Rahman Ali, تذکره علمای هند, translated by; Mohammad Ayub Ghaderi, Karachi, 1961, p. 59.

4.      Shafi, Mohamad(Doctor Molavi). edited by; Ahmad Rabani, صنادید سند Printed in Lahore by; Navaye vaght. p. 43.

5.      Haj Seyed Javadi, Eternal Heritage, Persian Petrogaphy and Epigraphy in Pakistan, میراث جاودان, Islamabad, 2vols, 1992, vol.1, p.323.

6.      Haturam, Bahador. تاریخ بلوچستان Introducing&Summary by; Sleem Akhtar, Lahore. 1988. P. 574.

7.      Refer to: Tatavi, Seyed Mir Alishir Ghane. مکلی نامه introduction by; Seyed Hesomodin-e- Rashedi, Haydarabad Sind, 1967.

8.      Haj Seyed Javadi, Eternal Heritage, Persian Petrogaphy and Epigraphy in Pakistan, میراث جاودان, Islamabad, 2vols, 1992, Introductions of the two volumes.

9.      Shafi, Mohamad(Doctor Molavi). edited by; Ahmad Rabani, صنادید سند Printed in Lahore by; Navaye vaght. p. 43.

10.  Haj Seyed Javadi, Eternal Heritage, Persian Petrogaphy and Epigraphy in Pakistan, میراث جاودان, Islamabad, 2vols, 1992, vol.1, p.221.

11.  Ibid vol.1, p. 323.

12.  Haturam, Bahador. تاریخ بلوچستان Introducing&Summary by; Sleem Akhtar, Lahore. 1988. P. 574.

13.   Tatavi, Seyed Mir Alishir Ghane. مکلی نامه introduction by; Seyed Hesomodin-e- Rashedi, Haydarabad Sind, 1967. p.550

14.  Haj Seyed Javadi, Eternal Heritage, Persian Petrogaphy and Epigraphy in Pakistan, میراث جاودان, Islamabad, 2vols, 1992, vol.1, p.303.

15.  Ibid. Vol.1, P. 254.

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