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Discovery And Dating
This inscription was discovered in 2021 by Dileep Simha a Chikkabanavara resident during restoration work of the Kalyani there. Subseqently The Mythic Society Bengaluru inscriptions 3D digital conservation project team 3D scanned and read the inscription and dated it to the 17th century on Paleographic grounds.

Characteristics of the inscription
This fragmented inscription stone measures 17 cm tall by 33 cm wide, while the characters are approximately 2.6 cm tall, 3.0 cm wide, and 0.2 cm deep. The inscription is inscribed in the Kannada script and Kannada language and is dated to the 17th century based on paleography.

Transliteration Of The Text
The inscription is of 4 lines and the transliteration in modern Kannada and IAST as is follows :

Summary Of The Inscription
This inscription contains the words "King Banasura, Kshaya Vamsha and Naga Shasana." However, the full text is not available as the inscription stone is broken due to which the full meaning of the inscription is not known.

= Reference = Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (QJMS) VOL 113 2 2022 43.


 * 1) https://archive.org/embed/qjms-vol-113-2-2022-43-undocumented-bengaluru-inscriptions