A large number of inscriptions, beginning from the time of Aloka, has already been discovered from Orisen and the neighbouring tracts relating to her history. Some of them have been published in different research journals and some are still to be edited. They contain valuable materials for the compilation of history on scientific basis. It is also found that some of these inscriptions have been edited and re-edited by different scholars for which reason they need to be published showing different readings for comparative studies,
In 1950, when a Research Section in the Orisen State Museum was created, I started to compile this work as a part of my scheme for the publication of the available inscriptions of Orissa in four volumes consisting of ten parts on the whole. I placed my scheme before the Advisory Council for Museum, Archives and Archaeology of Orissa for approval. I owe my thanks to the President, Sri L. Panigrahi, the Minister for Education, Home and Law to the Government of Orissa, and to the Members of the said Council for accepting this proposal.
This work is divided into four Sections, namely South-Orissa, West Orissa, North-Orissa and Central-Orissa, dealing with inscriptions of different families on topographical and chronological basis that ranged from about 200 to 700 A. D. The total number of inscriptions embodied herein is 49 of which only a few inscriptions are associated with facsimiles. In order to facilitate for easy reference a synopsis is given at the beginning of each inscription and a historical note at the end of cach section. I hope the system adopted in this work will enable the readers to study the history of Orissa in a systematic way.
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