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VOl. 14 No. 2

      WritinGS in Stone



       An inscription is a historical, religious, or other record cut, impressed, painted, or written on stone, brick, metal, or
       other hard surface.


       ASoKAn eDiCtS                                                              TRANSLATION OF A

       emperor  ashoka
       through his rock                                                           MINOR ROCk EDICT
       and pillar inscrip-                                                        “Obey mother and father. Obey
       tions  instructed                                                          the teachings, have mercy on
       the  people    of    Fragment of 6th Pillar Edict                          living beings, spread the truth.
       his empire on how                                                          These virtues of Dhamma should
       to lead a good life. There were total of 14                                be followed.”
       edicts recorded throughout the perimeter of
       his empire. The inscriptions were mainly in                                MY EDICT TODAY!
       Prakrit language and written in brahmi script.
                                                                                  Design your edict and write one
       Yuvraj Singh, VII B, Scholars Home Sr. Sec. School,
       Dehradun                                                                   rule of good living for today’s
                                                                                  times in brahmi script.

                                                                        Brahmi Script


                                     intereStinG  inSCriPtionS
        The asi discovered an 800-year-old  Jain inscription   halmidi inscription is the earliest evidence of the
        detailing a donation of a village for the construction of   usage of Kannada as a language.
        Jain basadis during the hoysala regime in arattipuri,   Aditya Raj, XB, Delhi Police Public School, Delhi
        india. This discovery is believed to be useful, especially
        to those studying Jainism and may provide evidence
        for an older Jain site than shravanabelagola.
        Tanvi, VI E, Swami Vivekanand Public School, Jagadhri, Yamunanagar
        The halmidi inscription is the oldest known Kannada
        language inscription in the Kannada script.  Discovered
        in the hassan district of Karnataka, it is dated between
        450 Ce-500 Ce. The inscription is in a verse form.The                   Halmidi Inscription


                                         CreAtiVe CALLiGrAPHY

                                                 Calligraphy is the art of    Write your favourite quote
                                                 decorative  writing. The    in a calligraphic style (can be
                                                 word has in its origin in   English, Hindi, Urdu or your local
                                                 the greek words – kallos               language).
                                                 (beauty) and graphos
                                                 (writing)  The calligraphy
                                                 present    in    islamic
                                                 architecture are generally
                                                 verses from the Quran.

         Illustration by:  G. Vaishnavi, IX, Royal Park School, Salem



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