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Brahmavar: Unpublished stone edict found at Bannady

  •   Tue, Jan 25 2022 02:02:41 PM

Silvester D’Souza

Daijiworld Media Network - Brahmavar (SP)

Brahmavar, Jan 25: An unpublished stone edict belonging to the times of Alupa dynasty's First Kulashekhara, has been found in the farmland of Sanjeeva Shetty from Bannady village within Vaddarse gram panchayat in the taluk. The edict was unearthed by B Kusha Acharya, The contents of the edict were deciphered by Shrutesh Acharya, a research scholar in history and archeology.

The inscription on the edict has been carved out in granite stone. It is in Kannada script and belongs to the 12th century. The entire inscription is written in 18 lines. It is about five feet in height and two feet in width. Atop the edict, Shivalinga with sketches of two men in saluting posture on both the sides along with two cows can be seen.

Most lines of the edict have been damaged and based on a few lines that are readable, this edict can be assumed to be belonging to the period of the First Kulashekhara, an Alupa king. The timeline in the edict has been mentioned as Shaka year 1112, Sadharana Samvatsara, Jyesta month 11, Thursday. This matches with the year 1190 AD. The edict mentions that when King Kulashekhara was residing in his palace in Mangaluru (Mangalapura), this land had been donated to Basappa from Banahady (Bannady) for the purpose of daily Naivedya of the Lord.

It is thought that Banahady could have been the name of Bannady in the past. During the visit to the site, Praveen Acharya Saligrama, Kishan Kumar Moodubelle and locals extended help.

 

 

 
  

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  • Vishwanath Nayak, Mangalore\USA

    Tue, Jan 25 2022

    These are called primary source information's since they capture the information directly captured during that time. These are gold mines for the history research. Some of the examples of primary sources are 1. Ajantha Cave painting ( 2,000 years old) - they give direct picture of that time. 2 Ashoka rock edict Bhubaneshwar, 3. Many rock edicts in Barkur related to Alupa Rayas, 4. Manuscripts or Tale baraha etc. This edict gives following information directly from 11th century in Barkur Tulunadu region: 1. That time calendar was used to track time - Shaka year 1112, Sadharana Samvatsara, Jyesta month 1 2. Kannada was the language ( they were also writing in Tulu in some other edict) 3. They were Raja of Barkuru and Mangalore 4. Most important is they call Mangalore as Mangalapura ( this is also mentioned in many other edicts in Barkur and mangalore of Alupas) 5. Who is Basappa is not clear. I wish there were many more lines. but what we got is a gold mine. Others are welcome to comment. Regards,

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  • William Rodrigues, Milagres, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 25 2022

    Whatever history/ incident which is carved on rock or pillars is called stone edict.

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  • R Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Tue, Jan 25 2022

    What is " Unpublished Stone Edict '? 🤔First of it's kind not gone public??

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