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578 CE Mangalesha Kannada inscription in Cave temple # 3 at Badami 634CE Aihole inscription of Ravi Kirti. About 25,000 inscriptions found in Karnataka and nearby states [1] belong to historic Kannada rulers, including the Kadambas, the Western Ganga Dynasty, the Rashtrakuta, the Chalukya, the Hoysala and the Vijayanagara Empire.
The replica of the Halmidi inscription mounted on a pedestal. The inscription is in verse form indicating the authors of the inscription had a good sense of the language structure. [12] The inscription is written in pre-old Kannada (Puruvada-hala Kannada), which later evolved into old Kannada, middle Kannada and eventually modern Kannada. [13]
Halmidi is best known as the place where the oldest known inscription exclusively in Kannada language, the Halmidi inscription, was discovered. Anterior to this, many inscriptions with Kannada words have been discovered, such as Brahmagiri edict of 230 BCE of Emperor Ashoka. However, this is the first full length inscription in Kannada.
But this is the first full scale inscription in Kannada. Kannada was used in the inscriptions from the earliest times and the Halmidi inscription is considered to be the earliest epigraph written in Kannada. [3] [4] This inscription is generally known as the Halmidi inscription and consists of sixteen lines carved on a sandstone pillar. It has ...
The Halmidi inscription is the oldest known inscription in the Kannada language. The inscription is carved on a pillar, that was discovered in the village of Halmidi, a few miles from the famous temple town of Belur in the Hassan district of Karnataka, and is dated 450 CE.
According to the inscription, Mayurasharma was a Vaidika brahmin and scholar and a native of Talagunda. He was the son of Bandhushena, grandson of his guru (teacher) Veerasharma and a student at the Agrahara (place of learning) in Talagunda. [1] [2] [5] The inscription confirms the family is named for the Kadamba tree that grew near the family ...
The inscription is 177 cm tall, 115 cm wide. The Kannada Characters are 4.5 cm tall, 4.4 cm wide & 0.25 cm deep (very shallow).. Transliteration of the Inscription The transliteration was first published in the Epigraphia Carnatica, the text published below is the rereading of the inscription published in the journal of the Mythic Society.
Nanjagud Taluk Inscription; List of people associated with the study of Kannada inscriptions; A.