Qualla: Kanaganahalli https://qualla.com/kanaganahalli en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/n/c/kanaganahalli-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Kanaganahalli https://qualla.com/kanaganahalli Kanaganahalli: Introduction https://qualla.com/kanaganahalli/ Photo credit Upinder Singh, Public domain. Two words in Brahmi script changed what we know about ancient India. "Raya Asoko" -- King Ashoka -- read the inscription beside a carved relief on a limestone slab, pulled from the earth near a village in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district between 1994 and 2002. Until that moment, no confirmed portrait of the Mauryan emperor who unified much of the subcontinent and championed Buddhism had ever been found. The relief at Kanaganahalli showed him with his queen, a domestic scene rendered in stone some two thousand years ago. It was buried beneath farmland three kilometers from the town of Sannati, on the left bank of the Bhima River, waiting for archaeologists to uncover what centuries of silt and forgetting had hidden.

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/n/c/kanaganahalli-wp/tenc-kanaganahalli-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Kanaganahalli: The Stupa Beneath the Fields https://qualla.com/kanaganahalli/ Photo credit Ashokha, CC BY-SA 3.0. What the Archaeological Survey of India unearthed at Kanaganahalli between 1994 and 2002 was nothing short of extraordinary: the remains of a massive stupa -- referred to in inscriptions as the Hama Chaitya -- along with brick chaitya-griha structures, memorial stupas, and the ar...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/n/c/kanaganahalli-wp/tenc-kanaganahalli-the-stupa-beneath-the-fields.mp3 0:06 2 full Kanaganahalli: Portraits of Kings in Stone https://qualla.com/kanaganahalli/ Photo credit Anandajoti, CC BY-SA 4.0. Beyond the Ashoka relief, Kanaganahalli yielded 145 short inscriptions and one long inscription, dating from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE. Portraits of Satavahana kings Simuka and Vasishthiputra Pulumavi appear among the sculptured panels, making this one of the rare...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/n/c/kanaganahalli-wp/tenc-kanaganahalli-portraits-of-kings-in-stone.mp3 0:06 3 full Kanaganahalli: Where Amaravati Met the Deccan https://qualla.com/kanaganahalli/ Photo credit Ashokha, CC BY-SA 3.0. The artistry at Kanaganahalli represents a fascinating transitional moment in Indian Buddhist art. The Amaravati School, which flourished during the Satavahana period, left a deep imprint on the site's sculptural and architectural forms. Yet Kanaganahalli's carvings are not mere ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/e/n/c/kanaganahalli-wp/tenc-kanaganahalli-where-amaravati-met-the-deccan.mp3 0:06 4 full Kanaganahalli: Rescue and Recognition https://qualla.com/kanaganahalli/ Photo credit Ashokha, CC BY-SA 3.0. For decades after the initial excavations, the Kanaganahalli site languished. Carved panels sat exposed to weather. Conservation efforts stalled. It was not until 2022 that restoration work restarted in earnest. The Government of Karnataka and the Archaeological Survey of India h...

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