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Naneghat

Naneghat Cave and Inscriptions
नाणेघाट
Naneghat geography and inscriptions
Naneghat caves is located in India
Naneghat caves
Naneghat caves
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Naneghat caves is located in Maharashtra
Naneghat caves
Naneghat caves
Naneghat caves (Maharashtra)
Alternative nameNanaghat caves
LocationMaharashtra, India
RegionWestern Ghats
Coordinates19°17′31.0″N 73°40′33.5″E / 19.291944°N 73.675972°E / 19.291944; 73.675972
Altitude750 m (2,461 ft)
TypeCaves, trade route passage
History
BuilderQueens, Satavahana dynasty -Naganika
MaterialNatural rock
Founded2nd-century BCE
CulturesHinduism [1]
ManagementArchaeological Survey of India

Naneghat, also referred to as Nanaghat or Nana Ghat (IAST: Nānāghaṭ), is a mountain pass in the Western Ghats range between the Konkan coast and the ancient town of Junnar in the Deccan plateau. The pass is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Pune and about 165 kilometres (103 mi) east from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.[2] It was a part of an ancient trading route, and is famous for a major cave with Sanskrit inscriptions in Brahmi script and Middle Indo-Aryan dialect.[3] These inscriptions have been dated between the 2nd and the 1st century BCE, and attributed to the Satavahana dynasty era.[4][5][6] The inscriptions are notable for linking the Vedic and Hinduism deities, mentioning some Vedic srauta rituals and of names that provide historical information about the ancient Satavahanas.[5][7] The inscriptions present the world's oldest numeration symbols for "2, 4, 6, 7, and 9" that resemble modern era numerals, more closely those found in modern Nagari and Hindu-Arabic script.[6][8][9]

  1. ^ Theo Damsteegt 1978, p. 206.
  2. ^ Georg Bühler 1883, pp. 53–54.
  3. ^ Theo Damsteegt 1978, p. 206, Quote: "A Hinduist inscription that is written in MIA dialect is found in a Nanaghat cave. In this respect, reference may also be made to a MIA inscription on a Vaishnava image found near the village Malhar in Madhya Pradesh which dates back to about the same age as the Nanaghat inscription."; see also page 321 note 19.
  4. ^ Richard Salomon 1998, p. 144.
  5. ^ a b Upinder Singh 2008, pp. 381–384.
  6. ^ a b Development Of Modern Numerals And Numeral Systems: The Hindu-Arabic system, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Quote: "The 1, 4, and 6 are found in the Ashoka inscriptions (3rd century bce); the 2, 4, 6, 7, and 9 appear in the Nana Ghat inscriptions about a century later; and the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 in the Nasik caves of the 1st or 2nd century CE — all in forms that have considerable resemblance to today’s, 2 and 3 being well-recognized cursive derivations from the ancient = and ≡."
  7. ^ Carla Sinopoli 2001, pp. 168–169.
  8. ^ David E. Smith 1978, pp. 65–68.
  9. ^ Norton 2001, pp. 175–176.

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