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South India’s earliest Sanskrit Inscription
December 30 , 2019
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- The Epigraphy Branch of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered the earliest Sanskrit inscription to have been discovered in South India as on date.
- The discovery was made in Chebrolu village in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
- It is in Sanskrit and in Brahmi characters and was issued by Satavahana king Vijaya in 207 A.D.
- Until now the Nagarjunakonda inscription of Ikshavaku king Ehavala Chantamula issued in his 11th reignal year (4th century A.D.) was considered the earliest Sanskrit inscription in South India.
- This significant finding is also the earliest epigraphic evidence for ‘Saptamatrika’ cult so far.
- Saptamatrikas are a group of seven female deities worshipped in Hinduism as personifying the energy of their respective consorts.
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