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Poetess Shilabhattarika
May 5 , 2023
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- Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) have recently obtained historical evidence establishing the literary contributions of poetess Shilabhattarika.
- She is the daughter of Chalukya ruler Pulakeshin II.
- The evidence was obtained from one of five copper plates that contained more than 60 sentences in Sanskrit written in Brahmi script.
- The decoding of the copper plates also marks a notable shift in the historiography of Badami Chalukyas by placing Shilabhattarika as having lived in the 7th century CE rather than the current theory which has her as a wife of the 8th century Rashtrakuta ruler, Dhruva.
- The Sanskrit poet-critic Rajashekhara (who lived in the 9th-10th century CE) and was the court poet of the Gurjara-Pratiharas, has praised Shilabhattarika for her elegant and beautiful compositions.
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