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Halmidi inscription of 450 AD 9th century AD Old Kannada inscription on Hero Stone in Kalleshvara Temple at Aralaguppe. The stone inscription (dated 370 CE) found at Talagunda near Shiralakoppa in the taluk during excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 2013-14 is now said to be the earliest Kannada inscription. [2]
The inscription is written in pre-old Kannada (Puruvada-hala Kannada), which later evolved into old Kannada, middle Kannada and eventually modern Kannada. [13] The Halmidi inscription is the earliest evidence of the usage of Kannada as an administrative language. [14]
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.
The inscription is written in pre-old Kannada (Purvada-halegannada), which later evolved into old Kannada (Halegannada), middle Kannada and eventually modern Kannada. [15] The Halmidi inscription is the earliest evidence of the usage of Kannada as an administrative language. [16]
The Hebbal-Kittayya inscription is the oldest intact Kannada inscription in the city of Bengaluru. For comparison, it predates the earliest available literary work in Kannada, Kavirajamarga by about 100 years and provides an idea of the form and shape of characters that would have been used in this famous literary work by its author.
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. The original inscription has now been deposited in an archaeological ...
The Vaddarse Old Kannada inscription (650 AD) of King Aluvarasa I The earliest known copper plate inscription in Kannada language is attributed to Aluvarasa II, called the Belamannu plates and is dated the early 8th century, according to Dr. Gururaj Bhat. [ 10 ]
The Kannada inscription is published in Epigraphia carnatica, a compendium of Inscriptions in Karnataka by B.L Rice. [3] The inscription was in a precarious condition on the roadside prior 2018 which was later shifted to a safe spot in the Halekote Anjaneya temple for its conservation, apart from this, it is also 3D scanned and archived by the Mythic Society's Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital ...