{"id":124804,"date":"2024-08-05T19:51:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T14:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=124804"},"modified":"2024-08-06T16:54:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:24:40","slug":"copy-of-stone-inscriptions-onto-paper","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/copy-of-stone-inscriptions-onto-paper","title":{"rendered":"Copy Of Stone Inscriptions Onto Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a team of <\/span><b>epigraphists <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Mysore, <\/span><b>embarked on an exercise to copy important stone inscriptions onto inked papers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the <\/span><b>Thalishwarar temple <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Kovilpalayam near Palladam, and a few other places in Tiruppur district.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team also recorded inscriptions from <\/span><b>two hero stones, an Ayyanar sculpture, and a Nandi (bull) sculpture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located a few kilometres from the temple.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Crucial Insights on the Embarking Exercise to Copy Stone Inscriptions onto Inked Papers<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thalishwarar temple is one of the <\/span><b>ancient granite stone temples<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Kongu region. The inscriptions on the four walls of the shrine are dedicated to the <\/span><b>presiding deity, Thaleekeeiswarar. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ASI has identified <\/span><b>eight inscriptions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> inside the temple complex.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124787 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53-66b0dc841e7ca.webp\" alt=\"Stone Inscriptions Onto Paper \" width=\"448\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53-66b0dc841e7ca.webp 801w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53-66b0dc841e7ca-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53-66b0dc841e7ca-768x433.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>About Eight Inscriptions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One inscription was in <\/span><b>Vattezhuthu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, probably from the<\/span><b> 9th century, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>other seven inscriptions, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">likely to be from the <\/span><b>12th century, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were in Tamil.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Vattezhuthu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A form of<\/span><b> Tamil writing script<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that was prevalent from the<\/span><b> 5th century AD to the 12th century AD.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>12 lines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Vattezhuthu inscription on the Arthamandapam of Thalikiswarar shrine.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>deciphered by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the eminent Indian historian <\/span><b>Prof Y Subarayalu.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Belong to: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per the inscription, the temple was<\/span><b> built by the medieval Chera ruler Kokkandan Viranarayanan, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who ruled the middle part of the <\/span><b>Kongu region in the 9th century AD.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It says that the temple built by Kokkandan Viranarayanan should be<\/span><b> protected at any cost, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the<\/span><b> entire hereditary of the person who damages it will severely suffer and perish.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cheras <\/span><b>ruled over parts of modern Kerala during Sangam period.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their capital was<\/span><b> Vanji<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and their important seaports were<\/span><b> Tondi and Musiri.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chera kings were also known as<\/span><b> \u201cKeralaputas\u201d (sons of Kerala).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Methodology Used: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The inscriptions from the walls of the temple were copied using the<\/span><b> \u201cestampage method\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estampage is the method being used by the archaeologists to<\/span><b> copy the characters and symbols from inscriptions. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this technique, an<\/span><b> exact imitation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of an inscription is obtained in an inked paper and then used for<\/span><b> further analysis.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Creating Awareness:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Experts urged the people to alert the ASI if they come across any such rare inscriptions, as these engravings form the primary source of information for writing history.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experts also created awareness about epigraphy among students from Bharathiar University in Coimbatore.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.pw.live\/govt-entrance-exams\/upsc-books?utm_source=SEO&#038;utm_medium=PW+Live&#038;utm_campaign=UPSC+CSE+Books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check Out UPSC CSE Books From PW Store<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.099%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>About Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ASI <\/span><b>under the Ministry of Culture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is the premier organisation for the archaeological research and protection of the cultural heritage of the nation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Mandate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>regulates all archaeological activities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the country as per the provisions of the <\/span><b>Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also regulates the <\/span><b>Antiquities and Art Treasure Act, 1972.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>About Epigraphy<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Epigraphy is the<\/span><b> study of written matter recorded on hard or durable material.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the <\/span><b>science of identifying graphemes,<\/b> <b>clarifying their meanings, classifying <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.026%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 137.911%; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Must Read<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50.5357%; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/editorial-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span 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