Rerecording history: Bengaluru's Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project helps preserve millenia-old stone inscriptions
3 years ago

Rerecording history: Bengaluru's Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project helps preserve millenia-old stone inscriptions

The Hindu  

Udaya Kumar, fieldwork means locating ancient stone inscriptions and scanning and deciphering them. Udaya Kumar explained: “Looking at the inscriptions, I think the smaller stone dates back to the 10th century and is in Halegannada while the longer one, which has Tamil characters inscribed on it, dates back to the 14th century.” To the gaze of an inexperienced person, the granite stones looked inscrutable and did not reveal their significance in any way, but to the experienced scrutiny of Udaya Kumar, the stones gave away their secrets willingly. The genesis of the 3D inscriptions project can be traced to 2017 when Udaya Kumar began his quest to rediscover stone inscriptions that lay scattered across Bengaluru. This holy stone was lying in a garbage dump!” After this “rediscovery”, Udaya Kumar started hunting for stone inscriptions within the urban limits of Bengaluru. Udaya Kumar and his friend Vinay Kumar started a Facebook public group called “Inscription Stones of Bengaluru”, which has more than 20,000 members now.

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5th Century Ganga stone inscription goes missing from temple site in Bengaluru Rural
1 month, 3 weeks ago

5th Century Ganga stone inscription goes missing from temple site in Bengaluru Rural

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Historians and experts have expressed their anguish after a 5th Century Ganga Dynasty stone inscription has gone missing from a temple site in Kanasavadi village of Doddaballapur Taluk in Bengaluru Rural. Members of the Karnataka Itihasa Academy, who have been documenting and studying antiques, heritage stone inscriptions, and veeragalus, have said that this partially deciphered stone inscription speaking of …

Shell Inscriptions found in Rayalaseema for first time
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Shell Inscriptions found in Rayalaseema for first time

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Nine shell inscriptions, engraved on rock boulders, were found inside the Lankamalla forest at Siddavatam village in Kadapa district of Rayalaseema region in Andhra Pradesh. The shell inscriptions belonged to ancient period written in the ‘Shankalipi’ script representing ornate spiral characters resembling conch shells. The text found in the inspections deciphered to be ‘Chandrahasa, Ye Dharmaja, Sri Visishtha Kankaladhari …

Udaya Kumar digs deep into Bengaluru’s ancient past
1 year, 2 months ago

Udaya Kumar digs deep into Bengaluru’s ancient past

The Hindu  

Udaya Kumar shares a photograph of a group of saree-clad women scientists at ISRO celebrating the successful landing of India’s Chandrayaan-3, and says, “This photo is making the rounds of the world.” Asks the passionate citizen historian and heritage conservationist at the inaugural event of The Bangalore Room, a recently opened event space in Indiranagar, “In how many places on …

Bengaluru’s inscriptions: When locals took initiative in restoration work
2 years, 8 months ago

Bengaluru’s inscriptions: When locals took initiative in restoration work

The Hindu  

Hebbal An undocumented 750 C.E. stone inscription, now the oldest recorded stone inscription in Bengaluru, along with two other documented stone inscriptions, were on the verge of being lost when a team from The Mythic Society found them. stone inscription met a much feared fate when a tractor rammed into the slab breaking it into two pieces at Agrahara, Jakkur. …

Bengaluru’s inscriptions: Footprints of history traced anew
2 years, 8 months ago

Bengaluru’s inscriptions: Footprints of history traced anew

The Hindu  

While one bemoans the loss of heritage, there is also some exciting news for those interested in Bengaluru’s local history. have been found by the team implementing The Mythic Society’s Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project that is revisiting about 1,500 inscription locations in Bengaluru, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban and Ramanagara districts. Principal deity of temple While seven unrecorded inscriptions …

Bengaluru’s inscriptions: Cast in stone, but lost in time
2 years, 8 months ago

Bengaluru’s inscriptions: Cast in stone, but lost in time

The Hindu  

The relentless march of urbanisation in Bengaluru, over the last century, has cannibalised many markers of its history. The project was launched in January 2021 to digitise the inscriptions in Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural and Ramanagara districts covering an area of around 8,000 square kilometres where about 1,500 inscriptions have been recorded in Epigraphia Carnatica Volume 9, Mysore Archaeological …

Bengaluru buzzed even in 750 AD!
7 years, 5 months ago

Bengaluru buzzed even in 750 AD!

Deccan Chronicle  

History doesn’t always spring to mind in connection with the IT hub, but Bengaluru is rife with it. Inscriptions that trace Bengaluru’s history back to the 8th century A.D. lie forgotten across the city. “We tend to look everywhere but our immediate surroundings," remarked Udaya Kumar P.L., an engineer with a fascination for history, which has led him to often …

Sculptures in state of neglect in Andhra Pradesh
8 years, 4 months ago

Sculptures in state of neglect in Andhra Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Rare sculptures and historical inscriptions belonging to the Kakatiya period dating back to 12th century AD are lying in a state of neglect at Durgi, a remote village in Guntur district. Six inscriptions dating back to 1231 AD, 1268 AD, 1269 AD, 1297 AD and 1318 AD which refer to the Kakatiya emperors Ganapatideva, Rudramadevi and Prataprudra were left …

History vandalised
15 years, 8 months ago

History vandalised

The Hindu  

SANGAM age Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions on the brows of caves, hundreds of beds known as Jaina beds sculpted on their floors, beautiful bas-reliefs of Jaina tirthankaras and exquisite paintings by prehistoric artists are facing destruction in the hills in the vicinity of Madurai in Tamil Nadu owing to large-scale granite quarrying and vandalism. The second one is a State law and …

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