List some of the problems faced by epigraphists.
The specialists who study inscriptions are called Epigraphists. Some of the important problems they encounter when they try to decipher inscriptions are as follows:
- Many of the inscriptions are not found in proper shape, they are partly damaged, hence deciphering them becomes a knotty problem.
- The inscriptions are written from the point of view of those who have created it. Hence, in order to get an impartial understanding, we need to go beyond the written words, get into its interpretations.
- Many of the inscriptions have descriptions in symbolic words. Hence deciphering them has become difficult.
- Sometimes the inscriptions are engrafted in very light colors. Hence, deciphering them becomes difficult.
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