_________ are virtually permanent records.

Surarshana lake was a _______ .

Inscriptions are writings engraved on _________.

Early states were known as _______.

Most Ashokan inscriptions were written in _________ language.

The prayaga prashasti was composed by _________ .

The earliest inscriptions were written in _______ language.

Manusmrti was written in ___________.

In fourth century BCE,the capital of Magadha was shifted to ______ .

Writings engraved on stones are called ______.