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Thonigala Rock Inscriptions (Sinhala: තෝනිගල සෙල් ලිපිය) are two Elu-language inscriptions engraved on a rock situated in Anamaduwa of Sri Lanka, written in Brahmi alphabet. Each inscription is about 100 feet long and each letter is about one feet in height and engraved about one inch deep in to the rock. [1]
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South Indian Inscriptions is an epigraphical series that has been published by the Archaeological Survey of India in 34 volumes from 1890 through the present. The texts are supplemented with summaries and an overview of the texts, both in English [1] The series was originally edited by archaeologist E. Dinesh, then V. Venkayya and Rai Bahadur.
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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]
The artifact is fragmentary, with inscriptions in Sanskrit written in the eastern variety of the Brahmi script. [2] In style, language, and script, the inscription is very similar to the Umachal and Barganga rock inscriptions. Additionally, since it betrays no influence of a local Prakrit, this inscription is often placed earlier than the ...
Translation (English) Inscription (Prakrit with Tamil letters in the Brahmi script) An inscription referring to a Tamil house-holder terrace made by a Tamil Buddhist monk (samaṇa). The terrace of the Tamil house-holders caused to be made by the Tamil Samaṇa of Iḷabarata. The seat of Saga. The seat of Nasata. The seat of Ka . . Tissa.
Of the Mathura inscriptions, the most significant is the Mora Well Inscription. [8] In a manner similar to the Hathibada inscription, the Mora well inscription is a dedicatory inscription and is linked to the cult of the Vrishni heroes: it mentions a stone shrine (temple), pratima (murti, images) and calls the five Vrishnis as bhagavatam.