The Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) Mysore-based Epigraphy wing is displaying a treasure trove of inscriptions, which speaks about history of various dynasties in Andhra Pradesh between the period of 3rd B.C and 16th century A.D.
Deputy Speaker Mandali Buddha Prasad on Monday inaugurated the exhibition at Gandhi Kshetra here. The exhibition is scheduled to conclude on January 7. Photographs of at least 70 stone and copper inscriptions, which speak about all aspect of life in the society during the period of respective rulers, were put in display for visitors.
“The bunch of photographs of the inscriptions is a historical evidence for evolution of the script that is used on various modes of inscriptions”, said ASI officials. According to the inscriptions deciphered by the ASI’s experts in epigraphy, the script and language on inscriptions had been evolved from time to time, beginning with Prakrtutam, Telugu-Kannada to Telugu by the 16th century A.D.
In the exhibition, several photographs of the inscriptions relating to Krishna district are Rajula Mandagiri and Yerragudi inscriptions of Mourya dynasty, Srikakulam and Bezawada and Hamsaladeevi inscriptions of the Chalukya-Chola dynasty. A photograph of the Kalamalla inscription, the first Telugu inscription found Kadapa district is also available here.
Book releaseMr. Buddha Prasad has released a book, ‘South Indian Inscriptions Volume-XXXIII’, which was edited by the ASI’s epigraphy expert K. Muniratnam. “The book is all about the detailed version of the 268 inscriptions (collected between 1939 and 1945) on the Andhra Pradesh history. Four decades later, the ASI has come up with another exclusive book on Andhra history,” said Mr. Muniratnam.
