National desk:
In a significant breakthrough for the study of Telangana’s ancient history, particularly concerning the Satavahana period, the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has documented eleven inscriptions during an extensive epigraphical survey in the Gundaram Reserve Forest, located about 10 km away from Peddapalli district headquarters. The team, with the help of local Forest department staff, surveyed on April 28 and 29, according to Director (Epigraphy), ASI, K. Munirathnam Reddy.
“Two inscriptions from the Gundaram rock shelter stand out for their historical value. One inscription, written in early Brahmi script, records that a person of the Hāritiputra lineage — possibly of the Chuṭu dynasty — excavated a cave for Buddhist monks and describes himself as a friend of Kumāra Hakusiri, a Satavahana prince,” said Mr. Reddy.
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