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Jakkur 1000CE Kalnadu Inscription

Jakkur (Jakkuru) is a suburb in the northern part of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Located on the eastern side of the National Highway 44 between Yelahanka and Hebbal. Jakkur is famous for some inscriptions in which this 1000 CE Kalnadu inscription is included.

From this inscription it can be known that Jakkur has a history of thousand years. Sanjaya of this village gave his life for the welfare of the town and gave charity to his family and erected an inscription stone and called it Kalnadu. Donations are given so that the families of heroes who have fought for the city or died to protect the city from evil spirits for the good of the city should not be disturbed in their livelihood. It was called Kalnatu/Kalnadu.If a person wanted to see thousands of years old Kannada characters, the people of Jakkur don't have to go anywhere, just look at this inscription stone, it will be like seeing the Kannada characters that were used back then.

Discovery and Dating

This is a Digital Image Obtained by 3D scanning of the Jakkur 10th century Kalnadu Inscription.wiki commons. The image has been produced by the Mythic Society Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation team.

Inscription researchers K. R. Narasimhan and P. L. Udaya Kumar came to Jakkur with a view to find the location of Jakkur Allalanatha temple mentioned in Allalasandra inscription (23-Dec-2017). On that occasion Nagarajappa, a resident of Jakkur, also joins them. While these three were searching for the inscription, they entered the compound of a Jakkur site where they found an inscription written on a broken stone. Also a panipeeth, sculptures of Shaiva gatekeepers. and ruined pillars' appear. Then they smear flour on the inscription stone there and takes photographs. They apply flour to inscription stone and take shadow pictures. Even today this inscription and other remains are remained at the same place, GPS location of the inscription 13°04'45.9"N 77°36'34.6"E. In the near future, they will be moved and preserved in the premises of KV Bhairegowda Kalamandir by local people.

This inscription belongs to about 10th century and is in Old Kannada language (Haḷegannaḍa) and kannada script.

Characteristics of the inscription stone

The stone on which this inscription is engraved is of granite type, 75 cm height and 75 cm Width, 15 cm thickness. The upper left corner of the stone is broken and only six lines of writing can be recognized.

Transliteration of the inscription in modern Kannada

This is a Jakkur 10th century Kalnadu Kannada Inscription.wiki commons. The image has been taken by the Mythic Society Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation team.

texts in the inscription	IAST	Kannada
. . . . . ಮ್ಮಕಲಿಗ ಸ	. . . . . mmakaliga sa	-
. . . . . ಣ್ನನಾಡ ಜಕ್ಕಿಯೂ	. . . . . ṇnanāḍa jakkiyū	ನಾಡಿನ ಹೆಸರು ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಹೆಸರು
. . .. . .. ಸಲಗುವ ಸಂಜಪಯ್ಯನುಂ	. . .. . .. salaguva saṃjapayyanuṃ	- ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ಹೆಸರು
. . . . . ಮೞಿದವಂ ಕವಿಲೆ ಬಾರ	. . . . . maḻidavaṃ kavilĕ bāra	ಅಳಿದವರು, ನಾಶಮಾಡಿದವರು ಹಸು ಬಾರ
. . . . .ೞಿದ೦ ಇ ಕಲ್ನಾಡು ಗುದುರಾ	. . . . .ḻida0 i kalnāḍu gudurā	ಅಳಿದವನು ಇದೊಂದು ಕಲ್ಲನ್ನುನೆಡು -
. . . .. . . . ನೆನ್ದಕಮಾಲೆಗೊಟ್ಟ	. . . .. . . . nĕndakamālĕgŏṭṭa	- ಕೊಟ್ಟರು

Transliteration of the inscription in modern English

This is a Digital Image Obtained by 3D Scanning of The Jakkur 10th century Kalnadu Kannada Inscription.wiki commons The image has been produced by the Mythic Society Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation team.

texts in the inscription	IAST	english
. . . . . ಮ್ಮಕಲಿಗ ಸ	. . . . . mmakaliga sa	-
. . . . . ಣ್ನನಾಡ ಜಕ್ಕಿಯೂ	. . . . . ṇnanāḍa jakkiyū	Country Name Name of the region
. . .. . .. ಸಲಗುವ ಸಂಜಪಯ್ಯನುಂ	. . .. . .. salaguva saṃjapayyanuṃ	- Person's Name
. . . . . ಮೞಿದವಂ ಕವಿಲೆ ಬಾರ	. . . . . maḻidavaṃ kavilĕ bāra	Extinct, destroyed the cow (bara)
. . . . .ೞಿದ೦ ಇ ಕಲ್ನಾಡು ಗುದುರಾ	. . . . .ḻida0 i kalnāḍu gudurā	the extinct This is lay a stone -
. . . .. . . . ನೆನ್ದಕಮಾಲೆಗೊಟ್ಟ	. . . .. . . . nĕndakamālĕgŏṭṭa	- gave

Summary of the inscription

Kalnadu was given to Sanjapayya of Sunnadu (small country) Jakkur, He who destroyed it the inscription records the curse that Kavile was killed in Varanasi. As the statute is vague, it is not possible to know the full gist.

Importance of the inscription

1. In this inscription the word Jakkiyu may indicate the name of a village or the name of some deity (Yakshi). Among the inscriptions found so far, it is the oldest inscription with the name of Jakkuru village. Jakkuru is also one of the historical inscriptional towns of Bangalore today.
2. The word Kalnadu occurs very rarely in Bengaluru inscriptions. So it is special that this inscription mentioning this word is found in Jakkur.
3. If you notice that it is engraved as Nna Nada, it may be a reference to Sanna Nadu (Sanmunada). Because there are mentions of the nearby village of Allalasandra in the 11th century and various other contemporaneous ones.

See also

• Indian inscription
• Kannada inscription
• History of Bangalore

Reference

1. The Mythic Society (2021-12), ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಇತಿಹಾಸ ವೈಭವ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 2021 ಸಂಚಿಕೆ 2 ಜಕ್ಕೂರು https://archive.org/details/bengaluruitihaasavaibhava-2021-vol2_jakkuru/page/46/mode/1up{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. The Mythic Society (2021-12), ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಇತಿಹಾಸ ವೈಭವ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 2021 ಸಂಚಿಕೆ 2 ಜಕ್ಕೂರು.https://archive.org/details/bengaluruitihaasavaibhava-2021-vol2_jakkuru/page/46/mode/1up {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)