Telugu Inscriptions: Hyderabad Discovers Telugu and Persian Inscriptions
Hyderabad: In the past three months, fresh inscriptions in Telugu, Kannada, and Persian have been discovered in the two Telugu states. The director of epigraphy of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Mysore, discovered and examined Telugu inscriptions from the Chola, Vijayanagara, and Kakatiya periods, among other kingdoms.
Deep in the Nallamala jungle in Ponnalabailu in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, a slab with the inscription of the Vijayanagara monarch Devaraya II was discovered.Dr. K Muni Ratnam Naidu, the director of epigraphy at ASI, claims that the Telugu-language and Telugu-character inscription was written on October 18, 1436 CE. He explained, “It had to do with the king giving land to the god.”
At Naddivarigudem, Nalgonda, a Kannada inscription from the 12th century CE was discovered. In Ursu Darga, Karimabad, Warangal, there was discovered an inscription in Persian, carved on a stone and written in the Thulth handwriting style of the 15th and 16th centuries CE. According to the epigraph, Jalal Mudakkar Shirazi, who is buried here, asks kindhearted individuals to offer prayers.