Bhubaneswar, India
Hathigumpha inscription
The Hathigumpha inscription is a Jain inscription consisting of seventeen lines written in Prakrit incised in Brahmi script in a cavern called Hathigumpha in Udayagiri hills, near Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India. Dated between the second century BCE and the first century CE, it was inscribed by the Jain king Kharavela of the Kalinga kingdom. The Hathigumpha Inscription presents, among other topics, a biographical sketch of a king in the eastern region of ancient India.
- City
- Bhubaneswar
- Country
- India
- Category
- Nature
- Suggested visit
- About 150 minutes
More places in Bhubaneswar
- Ananta Vasudeva Temple
- Lingaraja Temple
- Odisha Crafts Museum
- Odisha State Museum
- Brahmeswara Temple
- Rameshwar Deula
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