page_title: Hathigumpha inscription
hierarchical_section_title: Hathigumpha inscription
caption_attribution_description: English: Hathi Gumpha, Udayagiri Caves, near Bhubaneswar, India Français&#160;: Le Hathi Gumpha, grottes de Udayagiri, près de Bhubaneswar, Inde This is a photo of ASI monument number&#160; N-OR-62.
context_page_description: The Hathigumpha Inscription, from Udayagiri, near Bhubaneswar in Odisha, was inscribed by Kharavela, the then Emperor of Kalinga in India. The Hathigumpha Inscription consists of seventeen lines in a Central-Western form of Prakrit incised in a deep-cut Brahmi script on the overhanging brow of a natural cavern called Hathigumpha in the southern side of the Udayagiri hill, near Bhubaneswar in Odisha. It faces straight towards the Rock Edicts of Ashoka at Dhauli, situated at a distance of about six miles. It is said to be one of the earliest biographical sketches of a king in India.
  The inscription is dated 13th year of Kharavela's reign, which has been dated variously by scholars from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE. Paleographically, the inscription dates from mid-1st century BCE to early 1st century CE.
context_section_description: The Hathigumpha Inscription ("Elephant Cave" inscription), from Udayagiri, near Bhubaneswar in Odisha, was inscribed by Kharavela, the then Emperor of Kalinga in India. The Hathigumpha Inscription consists of seventeen lines in a Central-Western form of Prakrit incised in a deep-cut Brahmi script on the overhanging brow of a natural cavern called Hathigumpha in the southern side of the Udayagiri hill, near Bhubaneswar in Odisha. It faces straight towards the Rock Edicts of Ashoka at Dhauli, situated at a distance of about six miles. It is said to be one of the earliest biographical sketches of a king in India.
  The inscription is dated 13th year of Kharavela's reign, which has been dated variously by scholars from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE. Paleographically, the inscription dates from mid-1st century BCE to early 1st century CE.
caption: Entrance of the Hathigumpha cave, in the Udayagiri Hills, Bhubaneswar
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