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Hathigumpha inscription

Hathigumpha inscription
Hathigumpha inscription

The Hathigumpha Inscription is a seventeen-line Prakrit inscription inscribed in Brahmi script in a cave called Hathigumpha near Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It was inscribed by the Jain king Kharavela of the Kalinga kingdom during the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE.

The Hathigumpha Inscription contains a biographical narrative of a ruler from ancient India’s eastern area, among other things. It also contains religious ideals, public infrastructure projects, military expeditions, and their objectives, as well as socio-cultural data. Paleographically, the inscription dates from the middle of the first century BCE to the beginning of the first century CE.

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