Udupi: Copper Inscriptions of Vijayanagar Empire Found in Barkur
By Vinay Pais - Daijiworld Media Network Kundapur
Udupi, Nov 8: Two copper inscriptions belonging to the period of Vijayanagara Empire have recently been unearthed in Manigara Keri of Barkuru near the Temple of Sri Somanatha Shwara. They were found when the old house belonging to the couples Sri Manjunatha Bhat and Smt. B.K Sushila Bhat was being renovated.
The famous archaeological research scholar Dr. Keladi Venkatesh Joish estimated the period of these inscriptions as 1387 AD and 1473 AD.
The old couple that had a chance to find them in the cracks of the old walls of their dilapidated residence have handed them over to the archaeological department for preservation and for further research.