Hi friends I found out that some interesting facts about Telugu culture.Epigraphic evidence could not help the “Telugu cause” all these years. The Puranas could not succeed in establishing the ‘age’ of the language and Telugu Continues to be denied the ‘Classical language’ status.
Punch marked coins traced from Kotalingala in Karimnagar district
However, fresh evidence to support the claim has been unearthed and that could prove the existence of Telugu kingdoms ahead of the Satavahanas in the pre-Christian world.The APOLC (Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission) has thrown new light that substantiates the argument that Telugu deserves the status of classical language.
This one pertains to a study of the punch marked coins traced from Kotalingala in Karimnagar district and Singavaram in Krishna District done by D.Raja Reddy whose meticulous work over the years is well acknowledged.
The general belief was that the earlier proof of Telugu could be traced to the ‘Satavahana Period’ and that ‘Chimukha Satavahana’ was the founder of the Satavahana Empire in the south after the fall of the Mauryan Empire.
However, the discovery of Kotalingala coins from the ‘Assaka’ region (as Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Adilabad area was known during the period of ‘Janapadas’) now proves beyond doubt that the Satavahana kings were only successors of ‘Gobada, Narana, Kamvaaya and Samagopa’ kings belonging to 7th and 3rd century B.C.
The latest discovery should strengthen the cause of Telugus, says the chairman of the Official Language Commission, A.S.K. Prasad.......Please leave your Valuable comments...
1 comment:
Interesting dicovery. The review is cool and the picture is not seen.
Post a Comment