| AgP |
Agni Purana |
| AI |
Alberuni's India Ed. by Edward C. Sachau |
| AKMK |
Akhyanaka Manikosa |
| ANP |
Anantanatha Purana of Janna |
| AP |
Adi Purana of Pampa |
| ARSIE |
Annual Report of South Indian Epigraphy |
| BBBV |
Bhakti Bhandari Basavannanavara Vachanagalu by R.C. Hiremath |
| BDCRI |
Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute |
| BLV |
Basavannanavara Lokapriya Vachanagalu |
| BP |
Basava Purana of Bhima |
| DA |
Dharmamritam of Nayasena |
| EC |
Epigraphia Carnatica |
| EHD |
Early History of the Deccan by G. Yazdani |
| EI |
Epigraphia Indica |
| FE |
A Forgotten Empire by Robert Sewell |
| FNSI |
Foreign Notices of South India by K.A.N. Sastri |
| HCIP |
History and Culture of Indian People |
| HDS |
History of Dharmasastra |
| HR |
Hariharana Ragalegalu |
| HSK |
History of South Kanara |
| IA |
Indian Antiquary |
| IB |
The Rehla of Ibn Batuta |
| IFC |
India in the Fifteenth Century ed. by R.H. Major |
| IHCP |
Indian History Congress Proceedings |
| INKK |
Inscriptions in North Karnataka and Kolhapur State |
| JBBRAS |
Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| JIH |
Journal of Indian History |
| JKUH |
Journal of Karnataka University (Humanities and Social Sciences Numbers) |
| JSISJE |
Jainism in South India and Some Jaina Epigraphs by P.B. Desai |
| KI |
Karnatak Inscriptions |
| KK |
Karnataka Kavicharite |
| KSSA |
Kannada Sasanagala Sanskritika Adhyayana |
| LK |
Lokopakaram of Chavundaraya |
| LP |
Lilavati Prabandham of Nemichandra |
| LSG |
Local Self-Government in Medieval Karnataka by G.S. Dikshit |
| MAR |
Annual Reports of Mysore Archaeological Department |
| MS |
Manasollasa of Somesvara |
| NC |
Nalachampu |
| PB |
Pampa Bharata |
| PP |
Parsvanatha Purana |
| PRP |
Padmaraja Purana |
| PWHC |
Position of Women in Hindu Civilization by A.S. Altekar |
| RNC |
Ramanatha Charitra of Nanjunda |
| RT |
Rajatarangini of Kalhana |
| SC |
Somanatha Charitra of Raghavanka |
| SCA |
Saranacharitamrita |
| SEHNI |
Socio-Economic History of North India by B.P. Mazumdar |
| SICH |
Studies in Indian Cultural History by P.K. Gode |
| SII |
South Indian Inscriptions |
| SP |
Samaya Parikshe |
| SPK |
Santisvara Purana of Kamalabhava |
| SPLVE |
Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire |
| SSC |
Sivasaranara Charitregalu by P.G. Halkatti |
| SSS |
Somesvara Sataka of Somesvara |
| TLIMP |
Topographical List of Inscriptions in Madras Presidency |
| TMP |
Travels of Marco Polo |
| VC |
Vikramankadevacharita of Bilhana |
| VD |
Vaddaradhana of Sivakotyacharya |
| VDS |
Vachanadharmasara |
| WSL |
Women in the Sacred Laws |
| YAIC |
Yasastilaka and Indian Culture |
| WTI |
The Wonder that was India By A.L. Basham |
