Inscription number 157. Nanaghat Cave Figure-label Inscription. of the time of Satakarni 1. Nana Ghat is on the western ghats between the konkan coast and the ancient town of Junnar. This pass is about 120 kilometres north of Pune. It was on ancient trading route, and is famous for the caves engraved with Sanskrit inscriptions in Brahmi …
Inscriptions of the Satavahanas Inscription number 156.
Inscription number 155. Gunji Rock Inscription of Kumaraviradatta (Regnal) Years 5 and 6 Provenance: On a rock, on the bank of Damau Dehra kunda, near the village Gunji, 22 km. N W. of Sakti railway station, on the Calcutta-Nagpur line, Raigarh district, Madhya Pradesh. Script : Brahmi of 1st century AD. Nothing is known about …
Nasik Cave Inscription No.-18 of Yavana Indragnidatta of Dattamitri. Inscription number-154 Provenance: Nasik, Nasik District, Maharashtra.. Script: Brahmi of Second Century AD. Language: Prakrit References: Journal of Bombay Branch of the Royal Asatic Society-VII, pp.37 ff, Bhagwanlal Indraji, Mumbai Gazetteer XVI, pp. 544 ff., Buhler, Ach. Survey of western India, pp. 180 ff. E Senart …
Nagarjunikonda Stone Inscription of Abhira Vasushena Inscription number 153. Year 30(= 278 A. D) Provenance: Nagarjunikonda, Guntur district, A.P. Script: Middle Brahmi of the southern class. Language: Admixture of Sanskrit and Prakrit. References: D.C. Sircar, Ep.Ind.. XXXIV, pp.197 ff.1 Sel.Inss.,I, pp.525-26. Text सीद्धं 1. नमो भगवतो देव- परमदेवस्य पुराणस्य पुरूषस्य नारायणस्य (1) रझो वासेष्ठी पुत्रस्य …
Abhiras were an ancient race whose original habitat lay in the north-western parts of India. The Mahabharata mentions three divisions of the Abhiras, viz., those who lived on the bank of the sacred rivers Sutlej, Sarasvati & Yamuna. Abhira were fishermen communities & had strong-hold in punjab. It was in this part of the country …
Inscription number 151. Pauni Stone Inscription of the Bhara King Bhagadatta. Provenance: Pauni, on the right bank of Wainganga, about 50 Km south of Bhandara, Bhandara district, Maharashtra. Script: Brahmi of early first centuy AD Language: Prakrit. References V.V. Mirashi, EP.Ind., XXIV, pp.11-14 . As per hindu mythology, Bhagadatta was born from a limb of …
Inscription number 149
Inscription number 146. Gondal Fragmentary Stone Slab Inscription of the Time of Rudrasena 3 (- Saka year – 272) (348-49 A.D) Provenance: Gondal., 32 km from Rajkot, Kathiawar, Surashtra Script: Brahmi similar to the script of the inscriptions of the Sakas of Western India. Language: Sanskrit and Prakrit mixed. References: D. C. Sircar Ep.Ind. XXXV. …
Kanakhera (Sanchi) stone Inscription of Sridharavarman:- Inscription number 145. Western sataraps had captured & settled in the Sanchi-Vidisha region after defeating the Satavahanas, during the rule of Rudrasena-2, (255-278 A.D) A well was constructed by the Saka chief and (dharmaviyagi mahadandanayaka) Sridharavarman, in this region & there’s a mention of the construction work, which was carried out by the Saka chief, …