The following inscription is found on a stone near to Balmuri Agastyeśvara temple, West stone, Balmuri, Karṇāṭaka. The inscription is in Haḷe(old) Kannaḍa language. The inscription was published in Epigraphia Carnatica Volume III with the number SR 140. The inscription belongs to the 28th Regnal year of Rājarāja I of Coḹa dynasty. The śaka year…
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Mahendra Varmā I, one of the greatest rulers of seventh CE, ruled Pallava dynasty for atleast forty years. His inscriptions of him are found at various places including the cave temples built by him. One of such inscription is found from the Māmaṇḍūr cave temple which is referred as Rudravālīśvaram in the Coḹa inscriptions….
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This Sanskrit inscription which is not discussed frequently by the scholars is found on one phase of a slab set behind the Nandi Maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Kapoteśvara temple at Chazerla, Narasaraopet Taluk, Guntur district, Guntur, Andhrapradesh. Though the inscription is fully damaged and only a few parts could…
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We know that Narasiṃha pallava expedited till Vātāpi during the retaliation of the second Cāḷukya invasion made by Pulkēśi II. The Pallava army was in upper hand in the battles held at Maṇimaṅgalam, śūramāram and Pariyaḷam. The Pallava army entered Vātāpi the heart of the Cālukya Viṣaya which made unprecedented disaster to the dynasty…
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Stone was used for writing from very early times. There are so many instances where stone epigraphs are found with great eloquence. But in the view of manuscripts only few of them can be considered as manuscripts containing scriptures. Though the edicts of Aśoka, Tāḷḷaguṇḍa pillar inscription, Hathigumpha Cave inscription and Kanyākumāri stone epigraph…
Continue readingThe following verse in Sanskrit is found on the south wall of the second prākāra of Śrī Raṅganātha svāmi temple at Śrī Raṅgam. This is adjacent to a Tamil inscription and translation of the same. From the astronomical data available in the Tamil part, the date can be fixed as 24th March, 1270 CE….
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We have witnessed so many love stories in history. Still there are more in the queue. Such an interesting story is gleaned from the Mahākūṭeśvara temple at Mahākūṭa an architectural wonder of Cālukyas of Bādāmi. The temple is assigned to Maṅgaleśa(596-609 CE) and further research revealed that the same is reconstructed during 625 CE…
Continue readingWe know the history of Kaṇṇappa Nāyaṉār who gave his own eyes to my Father after seeing blood from the eyes of a śivaliṅga. The incident is said to be happened in Kālahasti, Andhra Pradesh. A temple by name Maṇikaṇṭhīśvara, at the town has an inscription which praises my Father with that of the…
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The following inscription is found on the South wall of the First prākāra of Vedapurīśvara temple, Cheyyāṙu. The inscription is recorded with the number 86 in the ARE of the year 1900 and the text alone is published in the South Indian Inscription Volume VII with the number 95. We know that the place is…
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I have already posted two unpublished Sanskrit inscription of Sundara Pāṇḍya and a fragmentary inscription of Parāntaka I from Kāñcī kāmāṣi amman temple. The following new inscription is found near the Vināyaka shrine of the Ṛṣi gopura. By seeing the lines I was excited. Because the term “Priya Nāccuyār” is found in this Pre-Vijayanagara inscription….
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