Hathigumpha inscription
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
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. Hathigumpha inscription consists of seventeen lines incised in deep cut Brahmi letters on the overhanging brow of a natural cavern called Hathigumpha in the southern side of the Udayagiri hill near Bhubaneswar in Orissa. It faces straight towards the rock Edicts of Asoka at Dhauli situated at a distance of about six miles. The inscription is written in a type which is considered as one of the most archaic forms of the Kalinga Brahmi alphabet, also suggesting a date around 150 BCE. The inscription is dated to 165th year of the era of the Maurya kings, and...
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