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Maratha-period inscription found Unearthed: Inscription in Modi script discovered at Sri Somanathar Temple at Perumagalur village near Peravurani. Special Correspondent THANJAVUR  20 APRIL 2019 21:04 IST UPDATED: 20 APRIL 2019 21:04 IST         A stone inscription in Modi script belonging to the period of Maratha ruler of Thanjavur, Prathaba Simhan, has been found at Sri Somanathar Temple at Perumagalur village near Peravurani by a team of epigraphists recently. Disclosing this to the media, archaeologist Mani. Maran of Saraswathi Mahal Library here said the library authorities received information from the villagers who found a stone inscription in the temple precincts when they took up renovation work. Subsequently, Mr. Maran and a team of epigraphists - Jambulingam, Thillai. Govindarajan and Ramamurthi - went to the village and studied the stone inscriptions. The inscription recorded the donations made by Prathaba Simhan (A.D. 1753) to the temple in Modi script. Further, it had the

SMART NEWS Keeping you current 2,000-Year-Old Stone Inscription Is Earliest to Spell Out ‘Jerusalem’ In ancient times, a shorthand spelling was typically used The inscription, as found on a column drum unearthed during the dig  (Danit Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority) By  Brigit Katz SMITHSONIANMAG.COM  OCTOBER 17, 2018 Last winter, archaeologists working near the entrance of Jerusalem discovered the foundations of a Roman structure dating to the 1st century B.C. But it was the unassuming drum of a column that once supported the building that really caught their eye. As Nir Hasson reports for  Haaretz , the limestone drum is etched with the oldest known inscription of the city’s name, spelled out in full. When modern Hebrew speakers talk or write about Jerusalem, they refer to it as “Yerushalayim.” But in ancient times, a shorthand spelling was often used: “Yerushalem.” In fact, of the 660 times that Jerusalem is mentioned in the Bible, only five of them use the full spelling. So whi

Kannada inscription at Talagunda may replace Halmidi as oldest             Jan 12, 2017, Shivamogga, DHNS, JAN 12 2017, 01:19 IST UPDATED: JAN 12 2017, 01:19 IST The Kannada inscription excavated at the Pranaveshwara temple complex at Talagunda near Shiralakoppa in Shikaripur taluk of Shivamogga district. The stone inscription (dated 370 CE) found at Talagunda near Shiralakoppa in the taluk during excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 2013-14 is now said to be the earliest Kannada inscription. This is indeed something to cheer about for people of the district in general and of Shikaripur taluk in particular.  The Halmidi inscription - dated between 450 CE and 500 CE - was earlier believed to be the oldest-known Kannada inscription. A review of Indian Archaeology-2013-14, published by the Director General of ASI in 2016, said the inscription found in the North side balustrade of the Pranaveshwara temple, in all probability, dates back to 370 CE. It is a seven-line sl

Doddahundi nishidhi inscription The Doddahundi  nishidahi   stele depicting the death of King Neetimarga I, with old Kannada inscription dated 840 or 869 C.E. The  Doddahundi nishidhi and inscription  is a  hero stone  from Doddahundi, 18 km from  Tirumakudalu Narasipura  in the  Mysore district ,  Karnataka state ,  India . It has an undated old  Kannada language  inscription which historians  J. F. Fleet ,  I. K. Sarma  and E.P. Rice have dated by context to 840 or 869 C.E. [1] [2]  The hero stone has a unique depiction in  frieze  of the ritual death ( sallekhana  and  samadhi ) of the  Western Ganga Dynasty  king Ereganga Nitimarga I (r. 853-869). The memorial was raised by the king's son Satyavakya. Such  nishidhi's (memorial spot) were raised in medieval India in honor of important  Jain  personalities who ended their life voluntarily after following severe ritual vow. [3] [4]  The Western Ganga period produced not only imposing and well sculptured pillars ( stambha ) but

  Stone inscriptions unravel lesser-known narratives of Bengaluru's history Synopsis Perception is that inscriptions talk about obvious things like dynasties and dates, historians believe that they throw light on religious practices, social structures and ecology. By  Divya Shekhar ,  ET Bureau Last Updated:  Sep 01, 2017, 10:32 AM IST The Excel sheet is filled with colours green, yellow and red. ADVERTISEMENT The end count says: 41 intact, 17 not traceable, 04 destroyed. This one sheet of inventory, as PL Udaya Kumar calls it, represents his relentless search for  stone inscriptions  that tell a different tale of  Bengaluru . ADVERTISEMENT Two months ago, Kumar was one among the many grey-collared engineers of the IT city. That is, until the history buff came across a stone inscription near his Rajajinagar home. It narrated the history of a neighbouring village called Kethmaranahalli, which was gobbled up by an exploding Bengaluru more than a decade ago. Kumar was intrigued by the

List of the named Buddhas "The Seven Buddhas" , at  Sanchi  (1st century BCE/CE). Six Buddhas of the past are represented, together with the current Buddha,  Gautama Buddha , with his  Bodhi Tree  (at the extreme right). In the central section are three  stupas  alternating with four trees with thrones in front of them, adored by figures both human and divine. These represent six Buddhas of the past (namely:  Vipassī Buddha ,  Sikhī Buddha ,  Vessabhū Buddha ,  Kakusandha Buddha ,  Koṇāgamana Buddha  and  Kassapa Buddha ) with the current Buddha, Gautama Buddha. Three are symbolized by their stupas, and four by the trees under which each respectively attained enlightenment. The tree on the extreme right is the  pipal tree of Gautama Buddha and the one next to it is the  banyan  tree of Kassapa Buddha. The identification of the others is less certain. [1] Buddhist  men at the  Sule Pagoda  in  Yangon ,  Myanmar , paying homage to the 29 Buddhas described in Chapter 27 of the