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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 ...
The Minor Inscriptions of Kharavela are the shorter inscriptions found near the major and celebrated Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela in the twin hills of Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves near Bhubanesvar, Odisha, India. These are inscribed on the walls or front of the caves in Brāhmī script and Prakrit language.
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.
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 ]
The Hathigumpha inscription ("Elephant Cave" inscription) from Udayagiri near Bhubaneshwar in Orissa was written by Kharavela, the king of Kalinga in India during the 2nd century BCE. The Hathigumpha inscription consists of seventeen lines incised in deep cut Brahmi letters on the overhanging brow of a natural cavern called Hathigumpha on the ...
The earliest well known example of an extensive prashasti is the Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela inscribed in or about the 1st-century BCE in Prakrit language and Brahmi script. [7] The earliest prashastic inscription in classical Sanskrit language is the Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman (circa 150 CE), which became a prototype for ...
Hātigumfā inscription of Emperor Kharavela at Udayagiri Hills. Mahamegha Vahana was the founder of the Kalingan Chedi or Cheti dynasty. [9] [10] The names of Sobhanaraja, Chandraja, Ksemaraja also appear in context. [11] But, Kharavela is the most well known among them. The exact relation between Mahamegha Vahana and Kharavela is not known ...
There is an inscription from his father's reign already officially hailing Demetrius as victorious. He also has one of the few absolute dates in Indo-Greek history: after his father held off Antiochus III for two years, 208–6 BC, the peace treaty included the offer of a marriage between Demetrius and Antiochus' daughter. [90]