Place · Ashokan inscription · India
Yerraguḍi
The rare Ashokan rock edict site in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, where both major and minor rock edicts were carved around 258-257 BCE — one of the few places that carries edicts from both groups and so acts as a hinge between the northern and southern edict networks. The Yerragudi inscriptions are also noted for the unusual boustrophedon writing — the Brahmi text runs alternately left-to-right and right-to-left in the manner of early Greek inscriptions — one of the oldest extended examples of this writing style in India. Discovered by K. Lakshmi Narayana Rao in 1927, the site is now under ASI protection.
- Function
- Text & inscription
- Tradition
- Ashokan edicts (Brahmi, Kharosthi, Greek, Aramaic)
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 15.210, 77.590
Connections (1)
- Imperial inscription atPātaliputra
Yerragudi in Kurnool district is the rare site carrying both major and minor rock edicts, which makes it a hinge between the northern edict group and the southern minor-edict cluster around Brahmagiri, Maski and Gavimath. Its Brahmi is also written partly right to left, as if by a scribe used to Kharosthi — a small detail that suggests engravers were sent out from the centre rather than hired locally.
On these journeys
Sources
Major and Minor Rock Edicts — Yerragudi
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