Abstract
The word ‘inscription’ is derived from the Latin word ‘Inscripto’ which means something that is inscribed or engraved. It was engraved on clay (terracotta), stone pillars, copper plates, walls of temples, caves, and on the surface of much other metal and also even palm leaves. Very often we’ve seen it on coins and seals. It consists of important texts or symbols that reveal crucial information and evidence of ancient kings and their empires. Music is the soul of Indian culture. Indian music has an affluent tradition with its root in Vedic time. It is said that Indian music owes its origin to the Sāma Veda. The Vedic hymns were chanted with a particular pitch and accent which are used in religious work. Dance in India also has a rich and vital tradition since the beginning of our civilization. Dances of Indi were to give symbolic expressions which are also enlightened to religious ideas. Ancient Inscriptions, Engraving of Inscription, Music, Dance, Epigraphical Evidence.
Highlights
INTRODUCTIONThe ancient Indian inscriptions were composed exclusively in the ‘Prākr.t’ language in the very early stage to the irst century A.D. We can say ‘Prākr.t’ is a local variant of the Sanskrit language
Re lection of music & dance in ancient indian inscription which was the oldest inscription of music
Many inscriptions of Samudra Gupta and other Gupta kings can be shown that in this era India reached the highest peak of achievement in the cultural ield
Summary
The ancient Indian inscriptions were composed exclusively in the ‘Prākr.t’ language in the very early stage to the irst century A.D. We can say ‘Prākr.t’ is a local variant of the Sanskrit language. The script which was found as irst written evidence in ancient India that was ‘Brāhmī’ It was found in ‘Edits of Asoka’ in 250 – 232 BCE. 2 “The Brāhmīscript appearedin the third century B.C. as a fully developed pan – Indian national script (sometimes used as a second script even within the proper territory of ‘Kharos.t.hī’ in the north west) and continued to play this role throughout history, becoming the parent of all of the modern Indic scripts both within India and beyond.” - ‘Indian Epigraphy; A Guide To The Study of Inscriptions In Sanskrit, Prakrit, And The Other Indo- Aryan Language’; Richard Salomon, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998
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