An archaeological site in the district of Raichur, Karnataka, famous for a Minor Rock Edict etched on gneiss that identifies Ashoka with his epithet Devanampriya (“beloved of the gods”) for the first time. It was also the site where Rajendra Chola I defeated the Later Western Chalukya ruler Jayasimha II in 1019–20 CE.
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Located in present-day Karnataka, it was a capital and coronation site of the Early Western Chalukyas. It is noted for…
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A town in Karnataka, India, it is an archaeological site of rock-cut inscriptions from the third century BCE, which have…