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The first cast of this important inscription was published by Bhagwan Lal Indraji in 1884, followed by publication of an ink impression in 1906 by Bloch. [8] Indraji was the first scholar to declare that the king eulogised in the Hathigumpha inscription was named Kharavela, [9] but the cast impression, his translation and interpretation had ...
Kharavela [a] was the emperor of Kalinga (present-day eastern coast of India) from 193 to 180 BC.The primary source for Kharavela is his rock-cut Hathigumpha inscription.The inscription is undated, only four of its 17 lines are completely legible, others unclear, variously interpreted and disputed by scholars.
This inscription is engraved on the raised space between the second and third doorways of the cave at Mancapuri. The text in Devanagari script is: . L.1: अरहंत पसादाय कलिंगानं समनानं लेनं कारितं राजिनो ललाकस (this is a transliteration in Devanagari of the original Brahmi)
The Hathigumpha inscription describes the following rulers. [11] It does not directly mention the relationship between Mahameghavahana and Kharavela, or the number of kings between them. [ 12 ] Some historians have interpreted the inscription to create the following hypothetical family tree: [ 11 ]
It is possible that he made his first conquests as general for his father, a view supported by the Heliodorus inscription. Demetrius I, founder of the Indo-Greek kingdom (r. c. 205–171 BCE). Territories of Paropamisadae, Gandhara. Pantaleon; Agathocles Coins. These two Bactrian kings, likely father and son, ruled between c. 190–175 BCE.
Important inscriptions include the 33 inscriptions of emperor Ashoka on the Pillars of Ashoka (272 to 231 BCE), the Sohgaura copper plate inscription (earliest known example of the copper plate type and generally assigned to the Mauryan period, though the exact date is uncertain), [17] the Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela (2nd century BCE ...
The Hathigumpha inscription dated between 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE starts with Namo Arahantanam (नमो अरहंतानं) and Namo Save Sidhanam (नमो सवे सिधानं), the first two lines of Namokar Mantra. The rest of the lines are not there. It was inscribed by the Jain monarch Kharavela of Kalinga kingdom.
Brhaspatimitra has been called Magadharaja, a king of Magadha, in Kharavela's Hathigumpha inscription (that is related to Hathigumpha inscription).If the Brhaspatimitra mentioned in the inscription is the same king as the Brhaspatimitra of Mitra dynasty, then that would mean that the dynasty held a considerable influence in the region surrounding Kosambi.