Jatinga Rameshwar Asoka Inscription

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  vijay prakash p, Tumkur (guest)

  Another version of asoka's minor rock edict 1 is inscribed here on massive boulder called "balegaarara gundu" it was discoverd by bl rice in 1892(EC XI ;mk 31)the epigraph is highly worn out,it contains approximatley 28 lines the epigraph is 12.6 feet in length and 6.6 feet in hight.frist 7 lines were worn out due to ravages of time. text of epigraph; 1. .......... 2. .......... 3. .......... 7. ISILA...........N...... 8. ..............TAVEYE DEVANA....... 9. .....KHO BAADA.............YAHAPA...... 10. ....YEE........TE........ 11. ......NA........NE........ 12. .....KAM..........CHHA......... 13. ........................ 14. .......................... 15. ...........CHA...... 16. .................LA...........SA..... 17. ....................PHULAMPI........YADIYAM..... 18. ........DHENA 256 HEMEEWA.............. 19. ....TAAPITUNU..SETAVEYA HEEMEEWA........AANEESU 20. ...HYETAWYAM SACHAMWA TAWEYAM AEE.......... 21. ........HEEWAM PAWATI TAVEYA...NA TEE.....TAWA....... 22. .......TAWEYA HEEMEEWA AACHARIYEE ANTE WAASENA..... 23..........RRANAPAKI......SETAWI...YA WAEE 24. ..CHARIYAM........AACHARIYE NNYAATHIKAATEE.....YA... 25. ......TITHAWIYE AASAA..RRAPAKITI DHEEGHAA...CHA HEEMEEWA AEE.... 26. .......WATHI....YEE HEEWAM MEE DEEWANAM PEYEE 27. .......KATAWEYE...PADEENALE..... 28. .....KAREENA. EC XI; MK 34 EPIGRAPH IS WRITTEN IM PRAKRIT LANGUAGE BY USING BRAHMHI SCRIPT,BUT THE LINE 28 IS WRITTEN IN KHAROSTI.

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