VADDAMU CAVERN

(Bellamkonda - IN)
16.500000,80.000000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cavern (or so) is just about mentioned in connection with an inscription (epigraphy) which was noticed in the 1981-1982 season by excavators (note 1). SITUATION: On a hill south-west of the populated place Vaddamu (formerly Salipura, town of rice) and at the norhern terrace of the hill at a height of 76 m above the M.S.L. (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1981-82 / 1984: 1). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art (epigraphy): … an inscription found near a cavern cut on the rock-surface (note 2) … contains ten letters in Ashokan Brahmi, reading as raino damaka sa anubadhi (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1981-82 / 1984: 2).An unspecified cavern (or so) is just about mentioned in connection with an inscription (epigraphy) which was noticed in the 1981-1982 season by excavators (note 1). SITUATION: On a hill south-west of the populated place Vaddamu (formerly Salipura, town of rice) and at the norhern terrace of the hill at a height of 76 m above the M.S.L. (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1981-82 / 1984: 1). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art (epigraphy): … an inscription found near a cavern cut on the rock-surface (note 2) … contains ten letters in Ashokan Brahmi, reading as raino damaka sa anubadhi (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1981-82 / 1984: 2).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1981-82 / 1984.

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1981-1982: T. V. G. Sastri, director, assisted by M. Kasturi, J. Prasad Rao and Virendar (Birla Archaeological and Cultural Research Institute, Hyderabad) an inscription found near a cavern (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1981-82 / 1984: 1-2). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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