Panguraria

Discovery of Panguraria

Access: On the road from ReAccess: On the road from Rehti to Hoshangabad near km-stone 10 to Rehti at the village Saru-Maru kï Kothadi. The cave at the southern end of the Vindhyas can be seen at some distance to the north of the road (fig. 1). From the hamlet one walks to the

channel, turns right and crosses it at thebridge. The way through the woods is not too

troublesome. No restrictions.

Discovery:

The site was found some time before March 1976, when D.C. Sircar received a first set of rubbings and photographs. The discovery is attributed to three archaeologists in the service of the ASI, Nagpur branch, B.P. Bopardikar, P.R.K. Prasad and A.J. Nambhiraju

(Sircar 1971–72[81]: 1).

Preservation:

Most letters are almost perfectly preserved and look as if chiseled recently; unfortunately, a substantial part of the stone has flakedoff (fig. 7). The debris has never been searched through for such flakes.

Measurements:

51 x 108 cm.

The ak¹aras measure 2.2-2.4-2.6 cm.

Orientation:

The text faces south-east in a rock shelter facing south.

Presentations of the text:

Rubbing: Sircar 1971–72 “Sections I and Office of the Chief Epigraphist, Mysore,negatives nos. 6758 and 8645. Photography: NN 1975/76: pl. LXIV; Sircarhti to Hoshangabad near km-stone 10 to Rehti at the village Saru-Maru kï Kothadi. The cave at the southern end of the Vindhyas can be seen at some distance to the north of the road (fig. 1). From the hamlet one walks to the channel, turns right and crosses it at the bridge. The way through the woods is not too troublesome. No restrictions.

Inscriptions at this site