File:Banavasi Mahadevi Inscription2.png
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| Banavasi 2nd Century Inscription of Mahadevi (Digital Image With Texture) | |
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| Author |
Bengaluru Inscriptions Digital Conservation Team |
| Title |
Banavasi 2nd Century Inscription of Mahadevi (Digital Image With Texture) |
| Description |
English: High-resolution digital image of an inscription attributed to the Satavahana dynasty.
This image was generated by 3D scanning the original stone inscription as part of a documentation effort by the "The Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Team. The digitisation was carried out on the occasion of the seminar "Early Kadambas and Their Times", held at the Mythic Society, Bengaluru, from March 22–24, 2025. The inscription is located At Banavasi on a stone slab in the Madhukesvara temple. It is engraved on a Stone slab and written in Satavahana Brahmi script. The inscription is dated to the Satavahana, 2nd Century, The memorial stone of the queen Mahadevi of king Vasishthiputra Siva Sri Pulumavi Additional ResourcesCharacter-by-character images of this inscription have also been documented and made available through the Akshara Bhandara platform — a tool for viewing and studying individual letterforms from stone inscriptions. Access Akshara Bhandara here: https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/ LicensingThis image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the material with appropriate credit. More details: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Additional ResourcesCharacter-by-character images of this inscription have also been documented and made available through the Akshara Bhandara platform — a tool for viewing and studying individual letterforms from stone inscriptions. Access Akshara Bhandara here: https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/ |
| Date | 1 March 2025 |
| Medium | Stone slab |
| Dimensions |
Approx. 1.8 ft tall x4.5 ft width Average character size: Aprrox 4 cm tall and 3.5 cm wide |
| Collection | The Mythic Society, Bengaluru |
| Current location |
At Banavasi on a stone slab in the Madhukesvara temple |
| Source/Photographer | Scanned using an Artec Space Spider 3D scanner. The images were processed and rendered using MeshLab software. 3D scanned by The Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Team; Seminar: 'Early Kadambas and Their Times', Mythic Society, March 22–24, 2025 |
| Other versions | File: Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription1.jpg, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription3.png, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription4.png, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription5.png, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription6.jpg, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription7.jpg, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription8.jpg |
| Camera location |  | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  14.358850; 75.240130 |
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Inscription summary: The memorial stone of the queen Mahadevi of king Vasishthiputra Siva Sri Pulumavi
Transliteration:
sidhaṃ raño vāsiṭhīputasa sivasiri pul̤umāvisa mahādeviyacha ā patharo
Translation: The memorial stone of the queen Mahadevi of king Vasishthiputra Siva Sri Pulumavi
Reference: Banavasi excavation report, 1997
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