Sentence examples for number of inscriptions from inspiring English sources

The language is known from a number of inscriptions.

Modern knowledge of Faliscan comes from a small number of inscriptions written in a native Faliscan alphabet derived from Etruscan.

The largest number of inscriptions, about 2,500, come from Sweden; most of these date from the 11th and 12th centuries ce.

A number of inscriptions, cut in stone, of Darius I, Xerxes I, and Artaxerxes III indicate to which monarch the various buildings were attributed.

Among the important rulers was Dhanga (reigned c. 950 1008), who issued a large number of inscriptions and was generous in donations to Jain and Hindu temples.

In addition to the Old Testament, a small number of inscriptions in Hebrew of the biblical period are extant; the earliest of these is a short inscription in Phoenician characters dating from the 9th century bc.

A number of Urartian inscriptions dealing with religious subjects date to the end of Ishpuini's reign.

"From a realistic, pragmatic point of view," he said, "I can't see the scenario in which the number of annual inscriptions could be reduced".

Aside from the large number of royal inscriptions, about 2,400 letters, most of them more or less fragmentary, have been published.

Cola history can be reconstructed in considerable detail because of the vast number of lengthy inscriptions issued not only by the royal family but also by temple authorities, village councils, and trade guilds.

Gandharan art with its fusion of Greek and Buddhist elements has long stood as a testament to this encounter, but until recently much less was known about the literary culture of ancient Gandhara: a number of short inscriptions and one single birch?bark manuscript (found near Khotan on the Southern Silk Road) appeared to be the only surviving remains of Gandhari literature.