Image: Aihole inscription of Ravi Kirti

Description: 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
Title: Aihole inscription of Ravi Kirti
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