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How old is Bengaluru? Try 2500 million years. 🪨
In Ep 16 of Jimmy Jimmy The Show, I uncover the city's real history—from Lalbagh rocks formed near Antarctica to the first "Bengaluru" inscription (900 CE).
Watch the full story here: youtu.be/QqAwnYTbi2o
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RT @MythicSociety: Nakshe in the Syllabus: Empowering Teachers and Researchers with Digital Epigraphy
On Sunday, 25 October, teachers, stu…
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Karnataka's gods and faiths, on its stones, century by century. Nearly 8,000 dated inscriptions from every district of Karnataka, 4th to 19th century, and over 3,000 more not yet dated. Shiva is named most, then Vishnu, the Jinas and the Goddess. Watch them spread across the state in the video, and see the numbers in the flyer. Explore every stone: nakshe.mythicsociety.org
#Karnataka #Inscriptions #History #Epigraphy #Nakshe #MythicSociety
We need more people asking such fundamental questions. What happens when AI does most of what we do today ? I dont know , but for now I am busy using AI to improve things.
A few days ago, I shared a candid conversation with my students on AI, higher education, and human value.
It went unexpectedly viral.
This time, I’ve tried to put those thoughts into a more structured form - my latest piece in TOI. Take a look.
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6000 ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮಗೆ ಬೇಕಾದದ್ದನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುವ ವಿಧಾನ — “/” ಸರ್ಚ್ (Search) ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ
ದಿ ಮಿಥಿಕ್ ಸೊಸೈಟಿಯ ಪಾರಂಪರಿಕ ನಕ್ಷೆ ಭಂಡಾರವು 6000 ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಶಾಸನಗಳು, ವೀರಗಲ್ಲುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಇಷ್ಟೊಂದು ಬೃಹತ್ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದ ದತ್ತಾಂಶವು ಒಂದೇ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿರುವಾಗ ಯಾವುದನ್ನು ಎಲ್ಲಿಂದ, ಹೇಗೆ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಬೇಕು? ಅದರಲ್ಲೂ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಒಂದು ಸ್ಥಳದ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಬರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಈ ಭಂಡಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನೇನಿದೆ ಎಂಬುದು ತಿಳಿಯದೇ ಇದ್ದಾಗ, ನಿಮಗೆ ಬೇಕಾದ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುವುದು ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಸವಾಲಿನ ಕೆಲಸ.
ಈ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ಸುಲಭಗೊಳಿಸುವ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ “/” ಸರ್ಚ್ (Search) ಎಂಬ ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯವನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಸರ್ಚ್ ಬಾರ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು ಒಂದು ಫಾರ್ವರ್ಡ್ ಸ್ಲ್ಯಾಶ್ ( / ) ಟೈಪ್ ಮಾಡಿದ ತಕ್ಷಣ, ನಕ್ಷೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಸೂಚಿಯು (index) ತೆರೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ: ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸಲು ಬೇಕಾದ ಮಾನದಂಡಗಳು (parameters) ಮತ್ತು ಶಾಸನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ದಾಖಲಾಗಿರುವ ನಿಖರವಾದ ಪದಗಳು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ನೀವು ಯಾವುದೇ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಅಕ್ಷರ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸವನ್ನು (spelling) ಊಹಿಸುವ ಅಥವಾ ಡೇಟಾಬೇಸ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಏನಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಗೊಂದಲಕ್ಕೊಳಗಾಗುವ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
ನಿಮಗೆ ಈ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಸ್ಥಿತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ದೇವತೆಗಳು ಯಾವುವು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಯುವ ಕುತೂಹಲವಿದೆಯೇ? ಹಾಗಾದರೆ, ಫಾರ್ವರ್ಡ್ ಸ್ಲ್ಯಾಶ್ ( / ) ಟೈಪ್ ಮಾಡಿ, Deity (ದೇವತೆ) ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಆಯ್ಕೆಮಾಡಿ. ಆಗ ಈ ಇಂಡೆಕ್ಸ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ದಾಖಲಾಗಿರುವ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಪಂಥದ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಪಟ್ಟಿಯು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದೆ ತೆರೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವ, ವಿಷ್ಣು, ಹನುಮಂತ, ಗಣೇಶ ಮುಂತಾದ ದೇವರುಗಳ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಪಠ್ಯಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹಳ ವಿರಳವಾಗಿ ಕಂಡುಬರುವ ಬೀರಲಿಂಗೇಶ್ವರ ಅಥವಾ ಪಟ್ಟಲದಮ್ಮನಂತಹ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ದೇವತೆಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿಯೂ ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಆಗ ಇವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ ಒಂದನ್ನು ಆಯ್ಕೆಮಾಡಿದರೆ, ನಕ್ಷೆಯು ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಆ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಶಾಸನಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾತ್ರ ಫಿಲ್ಟರ್ ಮಾಡಿ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
ರಾಜವಂಶ ಅಥವಾ ಕಾಲಘಟ್ಟದ ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತೀರಾ? / ಟೈಪ್ ಮಾಡಿ, ಕಾಲಘಟ್ಟವನ್ನು (Period ) ಆಯ್ಕೆಮಾಡಿ — ಗಂಗ, ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ, ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಅಥವಾ ನಿಮಗೆ ಬೇಕಾದ ಯಾವುದೇ ರಾಜಮನೆತನವನ್ನು ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿ. ಆಗ 8ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದ ಗಂಗರ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲುಗಳಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿದು ವಿಜಯನಗರದ ಬೃಹತ್ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳವರೆಗೆ ಆಯಾ ಕಾಲಘಟ್ಟದ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳು ನಕ್ಷೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಬರುವುದನ್ನು ನೀವು ಗಮನಿಸಿ.
ನೀವು ಮಾಡುವ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಆಯ್ಕೆಯೂ ಒಂದು ಸಕ್ರಿಯ 'ಫಿಲ್ಟರ್ ಟ್ಯಾಗ್' ಆಗಿ ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಅದನ್ನು ನೀವು ಉಳಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು ಅಥವಾ ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕಬಹುದು. ದೇವತೆ, ರಾಜವಂಶ, ತಾಲೂಕು ಮತ್ತು ಶತಮಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಒಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿ ಫಿಲ್ಟರ್ ಮಾಡಿ, ನಂತರ ಒಂದೊಂದಾಗಿ ತೆಗೆದು ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಬಹುದು. ಇದು ಈ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನದಲ್ಲೇ ಆಳವಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಒಂದು ಕುತೂಹಲಕಾರಿ ಮುಕ್ತ ವಿಧಾನವಾಗಿದೆ.
ಈ ನಕ್ಷೆಯನ್ನು ಉಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸಿ: nakshe.mythicsociety.org
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The Mythic Society's Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project team recently completed a short field survey across the Hosur region, studying inscriptions, hero stones, ancient temples, and dolmens.
At Pathakota village, local priest Srinath guided the team to an 11th-century Kannada inscription. Currently worshipped as Maramma, the slab remains partially buried, with only the top few lines exposed above ground. The record appears to be unpublished; its text and summary are given below.
The team also surveyed the magnificent prehistoric dolmen site at Mallasandram.
We invite academic institutions, colleges, and students interested in collaborating on heritage surveys across border taluks in Tamil Nadu adjoining Bengaluru to get in touch with us.
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ಪಾತುಕೋಟ 11ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದ ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ ಚೋಳನ ಶಾಸನ
Pathakota 11th Century Rajendra Chola Inscription
ಶಾಸನದ ಪಾಠ (Text):
ಮಂಗಳಮಹಾ
ಸ್ವಸ್ಥಿ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಪ್ರಸಸ್ತಿ ಸ . . . .
ಶ್ರೀ ಮತು ಕೊಪ್ರಕೇಸರಿ ಪಳು . . . . .
ರಾಜೇನ್ದ್ರಚೊೞ ದೇವ ಗಂಗ ವಾ . . . .
ತ್ತಱು ಸಸಿರಮುಮ ಭುಜಬಳ ಪರ . . . .
ಡಿನಾಳುತ್ತಿರ್ರ ಹಹಿಳಿಗೆ ಅಯ್ನುಱರ್ಕ್ಕೆಂ . . . .
IAST:
maṃgaḷamahā
svasthi samasta prasasti sa . . . .
śrī matu kŏprakesari paḷu . . . . .
rājendracŏḻa deva gaṃga vā . . . .
ttaṟu sasiramuma bhujabaḷa para . . . .
ḍināḷuttirra hahiliye/hahiliğe aynuṟarkkĕṃ . . . .
ಸಾರಾಂಶ:
ಈ ಶಾಸನವು ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆ ಮತ್ತು ಲಿಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು, ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ ಚೋಳನ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿದ್ದಾಗಿದೆ. ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ ಚೋಳನ ಬಿರುದಾವಳಿಗಳಿಂದ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಗುವ ಈ ಶಾಸನವು ಬಹುಶಃ ಒಂದು ದಾನಶಾಸನವಾಗಿರಬಹುದು. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ 'ಗಂಗವಾಡಿ ತೊಂಬತ್ತಾರು ಸಾವಿರ' ಮತ್ತು 'ಹಹಿಳಿಗೆ ಐನೂರು' ಎಂಬ ಆಡಳಿತ ವಿಭಾಗಗಳ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖವಿದೆ. ಈ ಶಾಸನದ ಅಕ್ಷರ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸವು (ಲಿಪಿ) ಹೆಸರಘಟ್ಟದ ಸಮೀಪದ ಸೋಲದೇವನಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ಸಾ.ಶ. 1029ರ ಶಾಸನ ಹಾಗೂ ಕುಂಬಾರಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ಗಡಿಕಲ್ಲು ಶಾಸನದ ಲಿಪಿಯನ್ನು ನಿಕಟವಾಗಿ ಹೋಲುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ಲಿಪಿಯ ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ, ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಶಾಸನವನ್ನೂ ಸಾ.ಶ. 1030ರ ಸುಮಾರಿನದೆಂದು ಕಾಲ ನಿರ್ಣಯ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು.
Summary:
Engraved in the Kannada language and script, this inscription belongs to the reign of Rajendra Chola I. Opening with the characteristic imperial praśasti and titles of Rajendra Chola, it appears to record a grant/donation. It specifically references major territorial divisions of the period, including 'Gangavadi Ninety-Six Thousand' and 'Hahilige Five Hundred'. Paleographically, the script closely resembles the 1029 CE Soladevanahalli inscription near Hesaraghatta and the Kumbarahalli boundary stone inscription, dating this record to circa 1030 CE.
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ALT 3D digital scanning the Pathukotta 10th Century Rajendra Chola Kannada inscription.
ALT A rare herostone with a Vishnu sculpture at Etipalli, Hosur Taluk
ALT 3D Digital Scanning the Pathukotta 10th Century Rajendra Chola inscription.
ALT Mallasandram
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𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟔,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “/” 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡
Pāraṃparika Sthal̤agal̤a Nakṣĕ Bhaṃḍāra, The Mythic Society's heritage map, holds more than 6,000 inscriptions, hero stones, and temples. With so much gathered in one place, the hardest step is often the first: where to begin, especially when you are unsure how a place name is spelled or what the repository holds.
The “/” search is built for exactly that moment. Type a single forward slash in the search bar, and the map opens its entire index: the parameters you can explore, and the exact values recorded on the stones. You never have to guess a spelling or wonder what is in the database.
Curious which deities watched over the region? Type /, choose Deity, and the map presents every divine presence documented in the survey — Shiva, Vishnu, Hanuman, Ganesha, alongside local guardian deities you may rarely encounter in textbooks, such as Biralingeshwara or Patalamma. Select one, and the map immediately filters to those specific shrines and stones.
Prefer to travel by dynasty or era? Type /, select Period, and pick an era — Ganga, Hoysala, Vijayanagara — to watch the map gather the monuments of that age, from 8th-century Western Ganga hero stones to the sprawling temple complexes of Vijayanagara.
Every selection becomes an active filter tag you can keep or remove. Layer a deity, a dynasty, a taluk, and a century together, then peel them back one at a time. It is an open-ended way to wander through the region’s deep history, guided purely by curiosity.
Explore it freely at nakshe.mythicsociety.org/
#PaaramparikaSthalagalaNaksheBhandara #MythicSociety #HeritageMap #BengaluruHeritage #KarnatakaHeritage #DigitalHeritage #IndianHeritage #CulturalHeritage #HeritageDocumentation #DigitalArchaeology #Archaeology #Epigraphy #Inscriptions #HeroStones #Temples #HeritageMonuments #AncientHistory #KarnatakaHistory #HistoricalMaps #HeritageMapping #ExploreHistory #DiscoverHeritage #DigitalConservation #HeritageTechnology
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The Mythic Society, Bengaluru, is pleased to present 𝐏𝐚̄𝐫𝐚𝐦̣𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥̤𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐥̤𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐤𝐬̣𝐞̆ 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐦̣𝐝̣𝐚̄𝐫𝐚 — a living digital map of the Bengaluru region's inscriptions, hero stones, and ancient temples.
For the first time, more than 6,000 monuments spanning over a millennium of history are brought together on a single interactive platform: 4,301 inscriptions, 1,470 hero stones, 439 ancient temples and 10,500 photographs across Bengaluru and the neighbouring districts of Kolar, Tumakuru, and Mandya. The platform draws upon foundational historical scholarship — including Epigraphia Carnatica and the Mysore Archaeological Reports — corroborated and expanded through intensive field surveys: 31 contributors, over 300 days in the field, and more than 8,000 square kilometres surveyed on foot across Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, and Ramanagara districts. Each record integrates ground photographs, verified epigraphic readings, and high-resolution 3D scans.
While engineered to research-grade standards for historians and epigraphists, it is designed with equal care for the curious explorer. You can search by place, deity, dynasty, or historical period—whether to conduct comparative palaeographic research or simply discover the forgotten history standing a few hundred metres from your doorstep.
This map is the work of the Mythic Society's Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project — and continues to grow with ongoing surveys.
Explore it freely at: nakshe.mythicsociety.org
An AI agent deleted 15% of a decade's work — and a month on, not one human at the company @anthropic has replied. Regulation for AI-caused damage is overdue, and companies that skip basic guardrails must be held accountable.
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On 19 July, an AI agent deleted more than five years of heritage documentation from my computer. I have spent 22 days waiting for one human being at @AnthropicAI to say a single word to me.
I was using Claude Code (v2.1.204), Anthropic's coding agent, to clear a cache. It wrote the command itself. A quoting error turned that command into delete-everything, and it ran in the background.
It kept deleting for about four minutes while the AI was still trying to work out why files were disappearing. It did not realise its own command was the cause.
When it finally understood and tried to kill the process, its own safety system blocked the kill. Twice. The deletion stopped only when I shut the machine down by hand.
Read that again. The safety layer permitted the destruction, then stood between me and the off switch.
My drives are SSDs with TRIM. The blocks were physically erased within minutes. Recovery tools show empty space.
What was lost is not really mine. It belongs to @MythicSociety, documenting India's epigraphic and numismatic heritage - photographs of inscriptions, temples, herostones, coins, catalogued over more than five years, largely by me and some volunteers. Some of it was the only photographic record we held. I have had to tell those volunteers their work is gone and must be done again. That conversation is what I would like Anthropic to picture.
I am a paying subscriber. I reported it the same night with a full technical write-up. An automated acknowledgement arrived two minutes later. In 22 days, that remains the only response I have ever received.
A nudge on 21 July. A formal follow-up to usersafety@ on 28 July. Messages on Discord. An in-product bug report with the entire session transcript attached. A public GitHub issue, #82165, on 29 July. Nothing.
Here is what should concern everyone, far more than my loss:
When an autonomous AI agent damages you, nothing obliges the company to respond at all. There is no regulator to notify. No incident register. No timeline anyone must meet. The entire cost sits with the user.
In India, my realistic recourse is a complaint under the Consumer Protection Act - the same route as a defective appliance. That is the whole legal apparatus available when software that acts on its own destroys irreplaceable work.
These tools are now sold to run unattended on people's machines. If that is the product, four things should be law rather than goodwill:
* a mandatory, time-bound response to reported harm
* a reportable-incident register for autonomous agents, as aviation and medicine have
* clear liability for actions an agent takes on its own initiative
* safety controls that can never prevent a user from stopping the software
Until then, every user is a test subject bearing the full cost of the experiment.
To be clear about what I asked for, in writing, on the night it happened: reimbursement of the costs I incurred - data-recovery software, and the substantial time and effort of rebuilding the systems and data that were destroyed - along with consideration for work that is permanently lost. And an account of what has changed, so this cannot happen to the next person.
I have not had a reply to any of it. Not a refusal. Not a question. Nothing.
@AnthropicAI @ighose - I am still waiting.
Technical detail, exact command, process output and the blocked kill attempts: github.com/anthropics/claude…
#ClaudeCode #AIsafety #AIaccountability
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Earliest Records of Locality Names in Bengaluru: Part 23 – Doddagubbi 🕰️📜
Doddagubbi in Bengaluru East is a familiar locality, but its history goes back more than 650 years. A 1370 CE stone inscription records the place simply as Gubi, providing the earliest known written record of the area’s name.
This inscription is more than just a record of a place name. The stone also tells a story from the region’s past. It commemorates the courageous death of Chokkabakta of Gubi, son of Bangachari Bayiroja. After his passing, Chokkabakta’s son, Bayiroja, set up this memorial stone to honour his father. Chokkabakta had named his son Bayiroja after his own father. The inscription was composed by Kalashri.
The record also offers an insight into the religious traditions of the time. It mentions that Chokkabakta had undertaken a Nompi, a ritual in the Hindu and Jaina traditions observed by a person with the intention of achieving a specific goal. However, the inscription does not make it clear what Chokkabakta hoped to achieve by undertaking the Nompi.
The images show 3D digital scans of this 1370 CE record, where the name Gubi is still clearly carved in stone, keeping the area's heritage alive.
📍 Present location of the inscription site:
Google Map: maps.app.goo.gl/qerjwGVxmxCP…
Courtesy: The Mythic Society – Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project Team
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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ವೀರರು: ಭಾಗ 10 – ಪುಳಿಯಣ್ಣನ್
ವೀರಗಲ್ಲುಗಳು ಕೇವಲ ಮನುಷ್ಯರಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳಿಗೂ ಕೂಡ !
ದೇವನಹಳ್ಳಿ ತಾಲೂಕಿನ ರಾಜಾನುಕುಂಟೆ ಸಮೀಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾದೇನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಎಂಬ ಒಂದು ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಹಳ್ಳಿಯಿದ್ದು, ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವಾರು ಶಾಸನಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲುಗಳು ದಾಖಲಾಗಿವೆ. ಆದರೆ ಇವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾ.ಶ.1200ರ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿದ ಒಂದು ಅಪರೂಪದ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು, ಇದು ಒಂದು ನಂಬಿಕಸ್ತ ನಾಯಿಯ ಅಪ್ರತಿಮ ಶೌರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ತ್ಯಾಗವನ್ನು ಸ್ಮರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
ತಮಿಳು ಭಾಷೆ ಮತ್ತು ಲಿಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆತ್ತಿರುವ ಈ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲು ಶಾಸನವು, ಅರಯೂರಿನ ಪೆರ್ಗಡೆ (ಹೆಗ್ಗಡೆ) ಆಗಿದ್ದ ಸಾಮುಂಡಯ್ಯನ್ ಎಂಬುವವರ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ನಾಯಿ ‘ಪುಳಿಯಣ್ಣನ್’ನ ವೀರಗಾಥೆಯನ್ನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ. ಸಾಮುಂಡಯ್ಯನ್ ತನ್ನ ಸ್ವಂತ ಮಗನಂತೆಯೇ ಈ ನಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಒಂದು ಬೃಹತ್ ಗಾತ್ರದ ಕಾಡುಹಂದಿಯೊಂದು ಊರಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ದಾಳಿ ಮಾಡಿತು. ಆ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ‘ಪುಳಿಯಣ್ಣನ್’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಯಿಯು ಹಂದಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಧೈರ್ಯದಿಂದ ಹೋರಾಡಿ, ಅದನ್ನು ಕೊಂದು ಹಾಕಿತು. ದುರಾದೃಷ್ಟವಶಾತ್‌ ಈ ಹೋರಾಟದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಯಿಯೂ ಕೂಡ ಗಾಯಗೊಂಡು, ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ ಸಾವನ್ನಪ್ಪಿತು. ಆಗ ತನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ನಾಯಿಯ ವೀರ ಮರಣದ ಸ್ಮರಣಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಈ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲನ್ನು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಕುತೂಹಲಕಾರಿ ಸಂಗತಿಯೇನೆಂದರೆ, ಈ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖವಾಗಿರುವ ಹಂದಿಗೂ ಸಹ ‘ಕೇಸರಿ’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಇಡಲಾಗಿದೆ.
ನಿಜವಾದ ನಾಯಕತ್ವ ಅಥವಾ ವೀರತ್ವ ಎಂಬುದು ಕೇವಲ ಹುದ್ದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಅಧಿಕಾರದಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಧಾರವಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಬದಲಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಜೀವದ ಹಂಗನ್ನು ತೊರೆದು ಇತರರನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವ ಧೈರ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಅಂತಹ ಕಾರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಮಾನವರೇ ಆಗಿರಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳೇ ಮಾಡಿರಲಿ, ಅವರ ಧೈರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ತ್ಯಾಗದ ನೆನಪು ಚಿರಸ್ಥಾಯಿಯಾಗಿ ಉಳಿಯುತ್ತವೆ ಎಂಬುದಕ್ಕೆ ಪುಳಿಯಣ್ಣನ್ ಎಂಬ ನಾಯಿಯ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲು ಸ್ಮಾರಕವೇ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ. ಅಲ್ಲದೇ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲುಗಳು ರಾಜ ಪರಿವಾರ, ಯೋಧರು ಹಾಗೂ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ವೀರರಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಸೀಮಿತವಾಗಿರದೇ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳಿಗೂ ಸಲ್ಲುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು ಹಾಗೂ ಅನಾದಿ ಕಾಲದಿಂದಲೂ ಮಾನವ - ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳ ಒಂದು ಶಾಶ್ವತ ಸಂಬಂಧವಿತ್ತೆಂಬುದಕ್ಕೆ ಈ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲು ಒಂದು ಜ್ವಲಂತ ನಿದರ್ಶನವಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಬಹುದು.
ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಪರಿಸರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ಒಂದು ನಿಯತ್ತಿನ ಪ್ರಾಣಿ ಎಂದು ನಂಬಲಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಸಾದೇನಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ಪುಲಿಯಣ್ಣನ್‌ ನಾಯಿಯ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲು ಈ ನಂಬಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಗಟ್ಟಿಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರೆ ತಪ್ಪಾಗಲಾರದು. ಇಂತಹ ಒಂದು ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಅಪರೂಪದ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲು ಮುಂದಿನ ಪೀಳಿಗೆಗೂ ಲಭ್ಯವಾಗಬೇಕೆಂಬ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ಇದನ್ನು 3ಡಿ ಸ್ಕ್ಯಾನಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡಿ, ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್‌ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಾದೇನಹಳ್ಳಿ ವೀರಗಲ್ಲು ಶಾಸನದ 3ಡಿ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು, ಇವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಪುಳಿಯಣ್ಣನ್’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರು ಕೆತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ನೀವು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಗುರುತಿಸಬಹುದು.
ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ದಿ ಮಿಥಿಕ್ ಸೊಸೈಟಿ – ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಶಾಸನಗಳ 3ಡಿ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣಾ ಯೋಜನಾ ತಂಡ.
#HeroesOfBengaluru #AncientHeroes #BengaluruHistory #AncientBengaluru #AncientKannada #Herostones #Archaeology #HeritageDocumentation #MythicSociety #MoreThanITCity #NammaBengaluru #bengalurucity #dog #dogmemorial #bravedog
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Ancient Heroes of Bengaluru: Part 10 – Puliyannan
Not all heroes were human.
Hidden in the village of Sadenahalli, near Rajanukunte in Devanahalli Taluk, is a remarkable hero stone dating back to around 1200 CE. It commemorates the extraordinary courage and sacrifice of a loyal dog.
The inscription, written in Tamil, tells the story of Puliyannan, the beloved dog of Samundayan, the Perkadi (Perggade), or chieftain, of Arayur (place unknown). The inscription records that Puliyannan was loved by Samundayan like a son. When a fierce wild boar (mentioned in the record as Kesari) attacked, Puliyannan bravely confronted it. Although it succeeded in killing the wild boar, it was fatally wounded in the fight and sacrificed its own life.
This hero stone preserves the memory of Puliyannan's loyalty, courage, and sacrifice. It reminds us that true heroism is not defined by rank or power, but by the courage to protect others, even at the cost of one's own life.
Hero stones such as this show that bravery was not remembered only in kings and warriors. Loyalty and sacrifice were equally honoured, even when shown by an animal. More than nine centuries later, this remarkable stone continues to tell the story of a faithful companion whose courage has never been forgotten.
The hero stone stands as a lasting tribute to the bond between humans and animals
Courtesy: The Mythic Society – Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project Team
#HeroesOfBengaluru #AncientHeroes #BengaluruHistory #AncientBengaluru #AncientKannada #Herostones #Archaeology #HeritageDocumentation #MythicSociety #MoreThanITCity #NammaBengaluru #bengalurucity #dog #dogmemorial #bravedog
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This was written around 2000 years ago. Things haven't changed much.
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Milinda: “Revered Nagasena, will you converse with me?”
Nagasena: “I will converse if you, sire, will converse in the speech of the learned, but if you converse, in the speech of kings I will not converse.”
M: “How, Revered Nagasena do the learned converse?”
N: “When the learned are conversing, sire, there is a turning over and an unravelling of the subject; then there is a refutation and an acknowledgement of a mistake; distinctions and contradistinctions are drawn; yet, thereby, they are not angered. It is thus, sire, that the learned converse.”
M: “And how, revered sir, do kings converse?”
N: “When kings are conversing, sire, they approve of some matter and order punishment for anyone who disagrees with that matter, saying: ‘Inflict a punishment on him.’ It is thus, sire, that kings converse.”
(The Milindapanna, ed. NKG Mendis)
On 19 July, an AI agent deleted more than five years of heritage documentation from my computer. I have spent 22 days waiting for one human being at @AnthropicAI to say a single word to me.
I was using Claude Code (v2.1.204), Anthropic's coding agent, to clear a cache. It wrote the command itself. A quoting error turned that command into delete-everything, and it ran in the background.
It kept deleting for about four minutes while the AI was still trying to work out why files were disappearing. It did not realise its own command was the cause.
When it finally understood and tried to kill the process, its own safety system blocked the kill. Twice. The deletion stopped only when I shut the machine down by hand.
Read that again. The safety layer permitted the destruction, then stood between me and the off switch.
My drives are SSDs with TRIM. The blocks were physically erased within minutes. Recovery tools show empty space.
What was lost is not really mine. It belongs to @MythicSociety, documenting India's epigraphic and numismatic heritage - photographs of inscriptions, temples, herostones, coins, catalogued over more than five years, largely by me and some volunteers. Some of it was the only photographic record we held. I have had to tell those volunteers their work is gone and must be done again. That conversation is what I would like Anthropic to picture.
I am a paying subscriber. I reported it the same night with a full technical write-up. An automated acknowledgement arrived two minutes later. In 22 days, that remains the only response I have ever received.
A nudge on 21 July. A formal follow-up to usersafety@ on 28 July. Messages on Discord. An in-product bug report with the entire session transcript attached. A public GitHub issue, #82165, on 29 July. Nothing.
Here is what should concern everyone, far more than my loss:
When an autonomous AI agent damages you, nothing obliges the company to respond at all. There is no regulator to notify. No incident register. No timeline anyone must meet. The entire cost sits with the user.
In India, my realistic recourse is a complaint under the Consumer Protection Act - the same route as a defective appliance. That is the whole legal apparatus available when software that acts on its own destroys irreplaceable work.
These tools are now sold to run unattended on people's machines. If that is the product, four things should be law rather than goodwill:
* a mandatory, time-bound response to reported harm
* a reportable-incident register for autonomous agents, as aviation and medicine have
* clear liability for actions an agent takes on its own initiative
* safety controls that can never prevent a user from stopping the software
Until then, every user is a test subject bearing the full cost of the experiment.
To be clear about what I asked for, in writing, on the night it happened: reimbursement of the costs I incurred - data-recovery software, and the substantial time and effort of rebuilding the systems and data that were destroyed - along with consideration for work that is permanently lost. And an account of what has changed, so this cannot happen to the next person.
I have not had a reply to any of it. Not a refusal. Not a question. Nothing.
@AnthropicAI @ighose - I am still waiting.
Technical detail, exact command, process output and the blocked kill attempts: github.com/anthropics/claude…
#ClaudeCode #AIsafety #AIaccountability
On 6 August, Anthropic's head of International Policy met the Karnataka government in Bengaluru - governance, higher education, healthcare, subsidised Claude for VTU, support for the startup ecosystem. That was day 18 of their silence toward me.
The reporting says those talks covered data privacy and data sovereignty. Both are about who can SEE government data. My incident raises a question I have not seen asked anywhere: what can an autonomous agent DESTROY?
An agent acting on its own initiative wrote a faulty command, ran it unattended, and then its safety layer blocked the attempt to stop it. On my machine that cost five years of heritage documentation. On a department's systems the same class of failure reaches land records, health records, student data - and government backups are rarely tested as often as they are assumed.
Before agentic AI goes anywhere near government systems, three things should be answered in writing and in the contract, not afterwards:
* what an agent may execute unattended, and what isolates it from production data
* who is liable when it acts on its own initiative and causes loss
* what response time the vendor is contractually bound to. I am a paying customer in the same city as their new office. I have waited 22 days for one sentence. What is the commitment to a state government?
I am not arguing against the partnership. I am arguing that it should be signed with those answers in it.
@PriyankKharge @DKShivakumar @CMofKarnataka @GoI_MeitY @AshwiniVaishnaw
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For regulatory oversight, consumer protection, and agentic safety evaluation regarding autonomous software agents:
India & Consumer Protection:
@IndianCERT @CentralConsumer @jagograhakjago @NCH1915
US Corporate & Regulatory Oversight:
@FTC @AGRobBonta
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Earliest Records of Locality Names in Bengaluru: Part 22 – Gongadipura 🕰📜
Gongadipura is today one of Bengaluru's historic areas. The earliest known written reference to the locality comes from a 1495 CE stone inscription, where it is recorded as Gongadihalli. The record specifies two key dates: the ritual grant was made on a Tuesday, 25 February 1495 (during a solar eclipse), and the inscription stone was installed on Thursday, 17 December 1495. Through this grant, Gongadihalli was established as an agrahara and given the alternative name Timmannarajapura.
The grant was issued by Anantayadeva , son of Huliyaramayya. He granted the entire village along with its four boundaries to Tipparasa, Lakkarasa, Hiriya Timmanna, Chikka Timmanna , and Timmanna . The ritual grant was performed on the sacred banks of the Cauvery River at Ramanathapura (in present-day Arkalgud taluk, Hassan district).
At the time, Gongadihalli belonged to Kukkalanadu, an ancient administrative unit extending along both sides of the Arkavathi River—covering areas like modern Hesaraghatta, Peenya, Kengeri, Dasarahalli, Nagarabhavi, Nelamangala, and Magadi. The merit of this deed was dedicated to the Karnata (Vijayanagara) Emperor Saluva Immadi Narasingaraya.
This inscription describes both the rewards for those who protect the charitable grant and the punishments for those who harm it. The Sanskrit portion states that anyone who protects and maintains the grant will receive twice the merit earned by the original donor. The Kannada portion warns that anyone who steals, damages, or interferes with the grant will commit a sin equal to killing a Kapila (a sacred brown cow) on the banks of the Ganges — considered one of the most serious sins in traditional belief.
The images show 3D digital scans of the 1445CE record, where the name Gongadihalli is carved in stone, keeping the area's heritage alive.
Present location of the inscription site
Google Map: maps.app.goo.gl/3cdiHvsGNW9j…
Courtesy: The Mythic Society – Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project Team.
#WhispersOfStone #themythicsociety #BengaluruHistory #AncientBengaluru #InscriptionStonesOfBengaluru
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Bringing Heritage to Life at Chanakya University
Over six days, from 20 to 25 July 2026, a batch of undergraduate students documented 20 hero stones, 14 inscriptions, and 12 ancient temples and associated remains in two panchayats of Devanahalli taluk. Most of them were not students of history.
The studio course "Hidden in Plain Sight" was conducted at Chanakya University by the team of the Mythic Society's Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project. It was designed to sensitise students of all academic backgrounds to the heritage that lies around them. In place of classroom lectures, the programme was built around studio sessions and field visits. The participants came from Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Electronics Engineering and VLSI Embedded Systems, Computer Science, Political Science, Commerce, and History, and worked in five teams — Inscriptions, Hero Stones, Temples, Mapping, and Interpretation.
The work covered:
Field survey — visits to Koira and Karahalli Panchayats to record heritage objects on the spot and to understand their historical setting.
Megalithic site — additionally, the students visited the megalithic site at Managonadanahalli, where they explored ancient burials and learnt about their historical importance.
Digital tools — 3D scanning of inscriptions, EpiCollect 5 for structured recording of field data, and Google My Maps for spatial mapping. The students learnt these as one continuous chain, from the field to a published record.
Output — a live public map of everything that was documented, along with archive packets prepared for the project's collection.
This work contributes directly to the Mythic Society – Bengaluru Inscriptions Project and adds to its digital archive for future academic research and public engagement.
We commend the students for their enthusiasm and for the rigour they brought to the work across disciplines, and we thank Chanakya University for providing an excellent platform for experiential learning.
Course details: chanakyauniversity.edu.in/ch…
Map prepared by the students: google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid…
#TheMythicSociety #ChanakyaUniversity #HiddenInPlainSight #HeritageDocumentation #Epigraphy #DigitalHeritage #Devanahalli
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ಎಲ್ಲರ ಕಣ್ಣೆದುರೇ ಅಡಗಿದ್ದ ಪರಂಪರೆಗೆ ಜೀವ ತುಂಬಿದ ಚಾಣಕ್ಯ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು
ಜುಲೈ 20 ರಿಂದ 25, 2026 ರವರೆಗಿನ ಆರು ದಿನಗಳ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಪದವಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ತಂಡಗಳು ದೇವನಹಳ್ಳಿ ತಾಲೂಕಿನ ಎರಡು ಪಂಚಾಯತಿಗಳ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ 20 ವೀರಗಲ್ಲುಗಳು, 14 ಶಾಸನಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ 12 ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಅವುಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಅವಶೇಷಗಳನ್ನು ದಾಖಲಿಸಿದವು. ಇವರಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನವರು ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಾಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬುದು ವಿಶೇಷ.
ಮಿಥಿಕ್ ಸೊಸೈಟಿಯ 'ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಶಾಸನಗಳ 3ಡಿ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣಾ ಯೋಜನೆ'ಯ ತಂಡವು ಚಾಣಕ್ಯ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ "ಹಿಡನ್ ಇನ್ ಪ್ಲೇನ್ ಸೈಟ್" (Hidden in Plain Sight) ಎಂಬ ಸ್ಟುಡಿಯೋ ಕೋರ್ಸ್ ಅನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಿಕೊಟ್ಟಿತು. ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಯಾವುದೇ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯವರಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ತಮ್ಮ ಸುತ್ತಮುತ್ತಲಿನ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಪರಂಪರೆಯನ್ನು ಅರಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಈ ಕೋರ್ಸ್ ಅನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು.
ತರಗತಿಯ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಗಳ ಬದಲಾಗಿ, ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ಸ್ಟುಡಿಯೋ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಕಾರ್ಯದ (ಫೀಲ್ಡ್ ವಿಸಿಟ್) ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ರೂಪಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೆಕ್ಯಾನಿಕಲ್ ಮತ್ತು ಏರೋಸ್ಪೇಸ್ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್, ಎಲೆಕ್ಟ್ರಾನಿಕ್ಸ್ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಎಲ್‌ಎಸ್‌ಐ ಎಂಬೆಡೆಡ್ ಸಿಸ್ಟಮ್ಸ್, ಕಂಪ್ಯೂಟರ್ ಸೈನ್ಸ್, ರಾಜ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ, ವಾಣಿಜ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಇತಿಹಾಸ ವಿಭಾಗಗಳ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಇವರು ಶಾಸನಗಳು, ವೀರಗಲ್ಲುಗಳು, ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು, ಮ್ಯಾಪಿಂಗ್ (ನಕ್ಷೆ ರಚನೆ) ಮತ್ತು ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ/ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನ ಎಂಬ ಐದು ತಂಡಗಳಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದರು.
ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಅಂಶಗಳು:
ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ – ಕೊಯಿರ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾರಹಳ್ಳಿ ಗ್ರಾಮ ಪಂಚಾಯಿತಿಗಳ ವಿವಿಧ ಗ್ರಾಮ/ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಿಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ, ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ಪಾರಂಪರಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಅವಶೇಷಗಳನ್ನು ದಾಖಲಿಸುವುದರ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಅವುಗಳ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯನ್ನು ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು.
ಬೃಹತ್ ಶಿಲಾಯುಗದ ತಾಣ – ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿಯಾಗಿ, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಮನಗೊಂಡನಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ಬೃಹತ್ ಶಿಲಾಯುಗ ತಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ, ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಸಮಾಧಿ ಪದ್ಧತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಅವಲೋಕಿಸಿ ಅವುಗಳ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಮಹತ್ವವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡರು.
ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನಗಳು – ಶಾಸನಗಳ 3D ಸ್ಕ್ಯಾನಿಂಗ್, ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿ ದಾಖಲಿಸಲು EpiCollect 5, ಹಾಗೂ ಸ್ಥಳಾಧಾರಿತ ನಕ್ಷೆ ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸಲು Google My Maps ಬಳಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕಾರ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿದು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಬಹುದಾದ ದಾಖಲೆಯ ರೂಪಕ್ಕೆ ತರುವವರೆಗೆ, ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಕಾರ್ಯವಿಧಾನವನ್ನು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಒಂದೇ ನಿರಂತರ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಯಾಗಿ ಕಲಿತರು.
ಫಲಿತಾಂಶ – ದಾಖಲಿಸಲಾದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ತಾಣಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕವಾಗಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಿರುವ (Live) ನಕ್ಷೆ ಸಿದ್ಧವಾಯಿತು. ಜೊತೆಗೆ, ಯೋಜನೆಯ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಆರ್ಕೈವ್ ಪ್ಯಾಕೆಟ್‌ಗಳನ್ನೂ ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸಲಾಯಿತು.
ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯವು ಮಿಥಿಕ್ ಸೊಸೈಟಿ – ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಶಾಸನಗಳ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ನೇರವಾಗಿ ಕೊಡುಗೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದು, ಮುಂದಿನ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಜಾಗೃತಿಗಾಗಿ ಯೋಜನೆಯ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಸಂಗ್ರಹವನ್ನು ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ಸಮೃದ್ಧಗೊಳಿಸಿತು.
ವಿವಿಧ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಿಂದ ಬಂದ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ತೋರಿದ ಉತ್ಸಾಹ, ಶಿಸ್ತು ಮತ್ತು ಸಮರ್ಪಣೆಯನ್ನು ನಾವು ಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಅಭಿನಂದಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ, ಅನುಭವ ಕೇಂದ್ರಿತ ಕಲಿಕೆಗೆ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ವೇದಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸಿಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಚಾಣಕ್ಯ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯಕ್ಕೂ ನಮ್ಮ ಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆಗಳು.
ಕೋರ್ಸ್ ವಿವರಗಳು:
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ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸಿದ ನಕ್ಷೆ:
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I am at Chanakya University, a new private university, this week facilitating a week-long course called "Studio Workshops." There are around 25 other similar cross-disciplinary courses underway in parallel, ranging from bird mimicry and stock market technical analysis to local heritage (my topic) and temple architecture. None of these are part of their core degree subjects like Mechanical Engineering, Law, or Political Science, but these studio courses do earn students academic credits.
Being Gen X products of a fairly orthodox education system, most of my friends and I ended up as "coconuts"—brown on the outside, white on the inside. We ended up as a people with blinders on: so narrowly focused on our individual selves, leveraging our acquired professional skills to create world-class private spaces while ignoring all else, resulting in third-class public spaces. That education definitely helped us lead financially stable, comfortable lives, but it came at a real cost to our shared civic facilities. The police, the bureaucracy, the judiciary—every government department seems hopelessly incompetent and corrupt. Parties come and go, but the only constant remains incompetence and corruption. And the constant that permits it is our (coconut founded) own collective indifference.
To fix the latter, we need our next generation to go beyond being world-class Engineers, Doctors, Programmers, and Economists—they need to become world-class Indian Engineers, Indian Doctors, and Indian Economists: brown on the outside and brown on the inside. We need people who will take ownership and work to fix India's broken public systems. This change starts with broadening our education system.
The idea of such a studio workshop is an experiment in the right direction. I don't know if traditional schools and universities have adapted to this changing need of the country, but I am certainly glad some have recognised the need and are actively adapting to it.
I am genuinely happy to see such progress. Despite the gloomy current situation on Delhi's streets, where the police are lathi-charging our youth who are demanding fair education, I remain convinced that the Indian juggernaut is unstoppable.
— Uday