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The Aihole Inscription of Ravi Kirti at the Meguti temple, a minister and poet in the court of Badami Chalukya King
en:Pulakesi II
, dated to 634 CE, is in Sanskrit language and old Kannada script. It is considered one of the finest pieces of extant poetry in the Sanskrit language and is a eulogy of King Pulakesi II and his conquests.(Ref:
Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World, Volume 1
, p.252, Gaṅgā Rām Garg, Concept Publishing Company, 1992, India,
ISBN
81-7022-374-1
;
Portraits of a Nation: History of Ancient India: History
, Kamlesh Kapur, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, Chapter 35,
The Chalukyas of Badami, Brief history of the Chalukyas
, New Delhi,
ISBN
978 81 207 5212 2
). At the end of the inscription is an endorsement in the Kannada language of slightly later date (ref:
Indian Epigraphy
, p.48, D.C. Sircar, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1965, New Delhi,
ISBN
81-208-1166-6
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- 2008-08-01 12:36 Dineshkannambadi 1776×1188 (555571 bytes) {{Information |Description=The Aihole Inscription of Ravi Kirti, a minister and poet in the court of Badami Chalukya King [[Pulakesi II]], dated to 634 CE, is in Sanskrit language and old Kannada script. It is considered one of the finest pieces of extant Sanskrit Poetry. The inscription also contains a short endorsement in the Kannada language of about the same date. Source:Indian Epigraphy by D.C. Sircar, 1965, 1996, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, New Delhi, {{ISBN|81-208-1166-6}} Chapter=Dravidian Languages, Kannada, pg. 48; Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa by Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt, Carolyn M. Elliott, SAGE publications, California, Chapter=Prehistory to 1200, Chalukya Dynasties, pg. 15