Charchoma Inscribed Pillar

Author: Dániel Balogh

A supporting pillar of dark stone with splashes of colour, polished to a sheen. The height figure given here is an estimate. The pillar is square in cross-section to a height of about 150 cm from floor level, then octagonal for about 70 cm, ending in a fluted square capital. On the inscribed face, the top of the square section is occupied by the upper part of a lotus medallion, which is slightly more than half of a full circle. It is cut off horizontally at the bottom, and the inscriptions are below this point, No. IN00221 first and No. IN00222 immediately below. The cross-section of the upper part is octagonal and decorated with floral and geometric motifs.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
May 1, 2019
Charchoma Inscribed Moulding (Stone 2)

Author: Dániel Balogh

A moulding block, the second from the doorway. Its depth has not been measured. The block, probably sandstone, is rounded at the top. The few characters inscribed on it as continuation of the lines on the main block do not seem to be in a recessed area.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
May 1, 2019
Charchoma Inscribed Moulding (Stone 1)

Author: Dániel Balogh

A corner moulding block next to the doorway. The block, probably sandstone, is rounded at the top, and the inscribed area is a slightly recessed rectangular panel with a roughly cut surface. Its depth has not been measured.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
May 1, 2019
Charchoma Inscribed Moulding

Author: Dániel Balogh

This is the exterior lower moulding of the Comeśvar Mahādev temple. The inscription is engraved mainly on one stone block, but the ends of some lines extend, just barely, to a second block. The inscribed surface is immediately to the right when facing the temple gate, and its top is about 60 cm above the temple platform. The inscription campus is slightly recessed in the main block, but this does not appear to be the case with the second, larger block. This may mean that the second block has been replaced and re-engraved, but a more likely explanation is that the engraving was carried out in a work phase separate from the carving of the recessed panel. There is, however, no indication that the inscription as a whole is a later copy.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
May 1, 2019
Nandsa Fragmentary Yūpa (Fragment 1)

Author: Dániel Balogh

A fragment of a shattered yūpa.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
May 1, 2019
Mahāmāḷappaḷḷi Grant of Harivarman, Year 8

Author: Dániel Balogh

Community: Early Kadamba epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
April 27, 2019
Śivaḷḷi Grant of Kṛṣṇavarman II, Year 22

Author: Dániel Balogh

Community: Early Kadamba epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
April 27, 2019
Śivaḷḷi Grant of Kṛṣṇavarman II, Year 7

Author: Dániel Balogh

Community: Early Kadamba epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
April 27, 2019
Tāḷagunda Inscription of Queen Prabhāvatī, Time of Mṛgeśavarman

Author: Dániel Balogh

Community: Early Kadamba epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
April 27, 2019
Sirsi Grant of Ravivarman

Author: Dániel Balogh

Community: Early Kadamba epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
April 27, 2019