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On the cave's back wall are a series of inscriptions, some long and others short. The high point and cave is reachable by road via Highways 60 or 61. The cave archaeological site is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Pune and about 165 kilometres (103 mi) east from Mumbai. [2] The Naneghat Cave is near other important ancient sites.
On top of Naneghat pass are caves, ancient ones. One of them is large and has panels of ancient Sanskrit inscriptions in Brahmi script. Generally dated to about the 2nd century BCE (3rd or 1st according to some). These were sponsored by a Satvahana Queen. Her inscriptions are considered as among the oldest surviving Hindu inscriptions.
English: The Naneghat Sanskrit inscriptions were eye-copied by Sykes in 1833 and published in 1837. These Brahmi script inscriptions are found in a cave the Western Ghats, Maharashtra. Sykes guessed in 1837 these were Buddhist inscriptions. The first translation was published by Georg Buhler which showed that these were Hindu inscriptions.
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 ...
[8] [11] [12] According to Walter Spink, a historian known for his studies on Ajanta and other cave monuments of India, early misreadings and misinterpretations of the Hathigumpha inscription have led to errors and incorrect theories being widely held about the history of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Deccan region and early India. [13]
Nasik Cave No.3, inscription No.2 (reign of Sri Pulumavi) Full inscription of Queen Gotami Balasiri (rubbing). [ 23 ] The defeated " Saka - Yavana - Palhava " ( Brahmi script : 𑀲𑀓 𑀬𑀯𑀦 𑀧𑀮𑁆𑀳𑀯) mentioned in the Nasik cave 3 inscription of Queen Gotami Balasiri (end of line 5 of the inscription).
Nasik Cave inscription No.10. of Ushavadata, Cave No.10.. Much of the information about Ushavadata comes from his Nashik and Karle inscriptions. The Nashik inscription contains an eulogy of Ushavadata in Sanskrit, and then records the donation of a cave to Buddhists in a Middle Indo-Aryan language.
There are no inscriptions in this cave. Caves No.6-7-8: Cave No.6 has an inscription, mentioning its dedication by a merchant to the Samgha. [19] An inscription at Cave No.7 explains it is a gift by a female ascetic named Tapasini to the Samgha. [19] Two inscriptions at Cave No.8 explain the cave is a gift by a fisherman name Mugudasa. [19]