The popular 9th-century Kannada workKavirajamargadescribes ‘Kannada land’ as the one spread between Cauvery and Godavari rivers. Now, a newly discoveredKannada inscriptionfrom the 12th century seconds it by describing a Chalukya king ruling from Godavari basin.
The 24-line inscription in old Kannada script and Kannada language was discovered a few days ago in Kasar Balkunda village, Nilanga taluk, Latur district, Maharashtra. The discovery was made byKrishna Trimbak Gudade, aMaharashtraelectricity sub-station operator.
Gudade became an ‘inscription hunter’ a few years ago. He had discovered a hero stone once. But the credit for it was claimed by someone else, he claimed. This spurred him to discover hitherto unknown inscriptions.