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11 Satavahana-era inscriptions
May 6 , 2025
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- The Epigraphy Branch of ASI has documented eleven inscriptions from the Gundaram Reserve Forest, Peddapalli district, Telangana.
- It was spanning a period from the 1st century BCE to the 6th century CE.
- These inscriptions provide the critical insights into the early cultural and political landscape of the Deccan, with particular reference to the Satavahana period.
- Two inscriptions from the Gundaram rock shelter stand out for their historical.
- One inscription, written in early Brahmi script, records that a person of the Hāritiputra lineage (possibly of the Chuṭu dynasty) excavated a cave for Buddhist monks.
- This is the first known occurrence of such religious iconography accompanying early inscriptions in South India.
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