Banavasi Mahadevi Inscription6.jpg

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Banavasi 2nd Century Inscription of Mahadevi (3D Scanning)
Author	Bengaluru Inscriptions Digital Conservation Team
Title	Banavasi 2nd Century Inscription of Mahadevi (3D Scanning)
Description	English: Photograph showing the 3D scanning of an inscription attributed to the Satavahana dynasty. This photo documents a member of the Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Team scanning the original stone inscription as part of a digitisation effort. The scanning was carried out during the seminar "Early Kadambas and Their Times", held at the Mythic Society, Bengaluru, from March 22–24, 2025. The inscription is located At Banavasi on a stone slab in the Madhukesvara temple. It is engraved on a Stone slab and written in Satavahana Brahmi script. The inscription is dated to the Satavahana, 2nd Century, The memorial stone of the queen Mahadevi of king Vasishthiputra Siva Sri Pulumavi Additional Resources Character-by-character images of this inscription have also been documented and made available through the Akshara Bhandara platform — a tool for viewing and studying individual letterforms from stone inscriptions. Access Akshara Bhandara here: https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/ Licensing This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the material with appropriate credit. More details: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Additional Resources Character-by-character images of this inscription have also been documented and made available through the Akshara Bhandara platform — a tool for viewing and studying individual letterforms from stone inscriptions. Access Akshara Bhandara here: https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/
Date	1 March 2025
Medium	Stone slab
Dimensions	Approx. 1.8 ft tall x4.5 ft width Average character size: Aprrox 4 cm tall and 3.5 cm wide
Collection	The Mythic Society, Bengaluru
Current location	At Banavasi on a stone slab in the Madhukesvara temple
Source/Photographer	Scanned using an Artec Space Spider 3D scanner. The images were processed and rendered using MeshLab software. 3D scanned by The Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Team; Seminar: 'Early Kadambas and Their Times', Mythic Society, March 22–24, 2025
Other versions	File: Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription1.jpg, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription2.png, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription3.png, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription4.png, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription5.png, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription7.jpg, Banavasi_Mahadevi_Inscription8.jpg

Camera location	14° 21′ 31.86″ N, 75° 14′ 24.47″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	14.358850; 75.240130

Inscription summary: The memorial stone of the queen Mahadevi of king Vasishthiputra Siva Sri Pulumavi

Transliteration:

sidhaṃ raño vāsiṭhīputasa sivasiri

pul̤umāvisa mahādeviyacha ā patharo

Translation: The memorial stone of the queen Mahadevi of king Vasishthiputra Siva Sri Pulumavi

Reference: Banavasi excavation report, 1997

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Camera manufacturer	Google
Camera model	Pixel 8a
Author	The Mythic Society
Copyright holder	This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the material with appropriate credit. More details: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Exposure time	2,459/250,000 sec (0.009836)
F Number	f/1.89
ISO speed rating	39
Date and time of data generation	10:51, 3 March 2025
Lens focal length	5.43 mm
Latitude	14° 21′ 31.86″ N
Longitude	75° 14′ 24.47″ E
Altitude	500.1 metres above sea level
Credit/Provider	The Mythic Society, Bengaluru, India
Source	The Mythic Society, Bengaluru, India
Image title	High-resolution digital image of an inscription attributed to the Kadamba dynasty.This image was generated by 3D scanning the original stone inscription as part of a documentation effort by the Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Team. The digitisation was carried out on the occasion of the seminar "Early Kadambas and Their Times", held at the Mythic Society, Bengaluru, from March 22–24, 2025.The inscription is located at Tadagani, on a stone east of the Râméśvara temple. It is engraved on a stone slab and written in the Kadamba Kannada script. The inscription is dated to the 6th century and registers the grant, made by the Kadamba king Madhuvarma, of some lands situated in the village Satomahila to Narayanasarman of the Gautama-gotra.Additional Resources:Character-by-character images of this inscription have also been documented and made available through the Mythic Society's Akshara Bhandara software platform— a tool for viewing and studying individual letterforms from stone inscriptions.Access Akshara Bhandara here: https://bit.ly/aksharabhandaraLicensing:This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0).You are free to share and adapt the material with appropriate credit.More details: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Usage terms	This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0).You are free to share and adapt the material with appropriate credit.More details: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
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File change date and time	10:51, 3 March 2025
Y and C positioning	Centred
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Exif version	2.32
Date and time of digitising	10:51, 3 March 2025
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APEX shutter speed	6.67
APEX aperture	1.84
APEX brightness	4.86
APEX exposure bias	0
Maximum land aperture	1.84 APEX (f/1.89)
Subject distance	2.518 metres
Metering mode	Centre weighted average
Flash	Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression
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Colour space	sRGB
Sensing method	One-chip colour area sensor
Scene type	A directly photographed image
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White balance	Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio	0
Focal length in 35 mm film	25 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Contrast	Normal
Saturation	Normal
Sharpness	Normal
Subject distance range	Close view
GPS time (atomic clock)	05:21
Measurement precision	Good (36.989)
Reference for direction of image	Magnetic direction
Direction of image	101
GPS date	3 March 2025
GPS tag version	0.0.2.2
Lens used	Pixel 8a back camera 5.43mm f/1.89
Date metadata was last modified	21:58, 30 March 2025
Unique ID of original document	66CC6D23B5762D18E8160D3AEBEEAF95
Copyright status	Copyright status not set
Contact information	3dscanning.mythicsociety@gmail.com https://mythicsociety.org/ 14/3 Nrupatunga Road Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560001 India 91-98452-04268
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