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The inscription was published by B. C. Jain in 1977. [28] It was subsequently listed by Madan Mohan Upadhyaya in his book Inscriptions of Mahakoshal. [29] The inscription is of considerable importance for the history of the Gupta Empire, because it is the last known record of the later Gupta king Budhagupta. [30]
Epigraphy (from Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ) 'inscription') is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.
This inscription, consisting of seventeen lines has been incised in Prakrit language and Brahmi script. The inscription starts on the overhanging brow of Hathigumpha cavern and the first eight lines are visible at the front. The remaining nine lines continue on the same rock, but given the sloping shape of the cavern, it appears on the cavern's ...
The same terminology was used in subsequent texts, for instance Kannada inscriptions from the tenth century CE which also described the region, presumably Ancient India, as Jambudvipa. [ 4 ] The word Jambudvīpa literally refers to "the land of jambu trees", where jambu is Sanskrit for Syzygium cumini .
The Aihole Inscription, also known as the Aihole prashasti, is a nineteen line Sanskrit inscription at Meguti Jain temple in Aihole, Karnataka, India. An eulogy dated 634–635 CE, it was composed by the Jain poet Ravikirti [ 1 ] in honor of his patron emperor Pulakeshin II Satyashraya of the Vatapi Chalukya dynasty.
The meaning of the epigraph may be rendered as "The abode (pali) given by (itta) Atiyan Nedumaan Anji (name), the Satyaputra (title)". Though the record is a short one in a single line, it throws valuable light on various aspects of South Indian history.
The emblem of the Supreme Court of India bearing the inscription, which it has adopted as its official motto. Sanskrit verse from the Mahabharata Yato Dharmastato Jayaḥ ( Sanskrit : यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः ) is a Sanskrit shloka that occurs a total of 13 times in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata .