ಸಿಂಹಕಟಾಂಜನ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಶಾಸನಗಳ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ (Simhakatanjana and Other Inscriptions) | A Presentation by Manjunatha A | Project Showcase@IFA | March 29, 2023

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA)
invites you to
ಸಿಂಹಕಟಾಂಜನ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಶಾಸನಗಳು
(Simhakatanjana and Other Inscriptions)
A Presentation by Manjunatha A
Followed by a discussion with Ramesh B Hirejambur and Radhika Bharadwaj
(This session will be held in Kannada)

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 06:00 PM onwards | Zoom and Facebook Live

What role have inscriptions played in capturing the political, social and cultural life of a region? How does an exploration of these inscriptions help students in understanding the history of the place they inhabit?

Join us to listen to Manjunatha A talk about a project implemented by IFA that engaged students of Government High School in Baganakatte, Shivamogga in understanding the history of, and the aesthetics behind the stone inscriptions of the region. The presentation will be followed by a discussion with Ramesh B Hirejambur and Radhika Bharadwaj.

A stone inscription (Simhakatanjana) recently found in Taalagunda, Shikaripura taluk is believed to have been written between 455 and 470 AD, which beats the earlier record of the Halmidi inscription as the oldest in Kannada language. In tune with the Arts Education programme at IFA, which attempts to connect students and their curriculum to artistic and cultural practices from their own environments, the students studied the three main types of inscriptions – daana shasana, koota shasana and veeragallu, created their own inscriptions, and developed a script for a play which was performed in the school premises.

Manjunatha A is a theatre practitioner who has been part of the Shivamogga Repertory as an actor and set designer for the past three years.

Ramesh B Hirejambur is a teacher at Government High School in Soraba taluk, Shivamogga. He is a researcher who has been working on regional history and inscriptions for a decade.

Radhika Bharadwaj is Programme Officer: Arts Education at IFA.

Manjunatha A is Project Coordinator for this Foundation Project implemented by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), under the Arts Education programme.

This session is organised as part of the Project Showcase @ IFA, a series of online presentations to showcase, discuss and engage audiences with the diverse projects we support and implement across programmes.

Click here to register for the presentation on Zoom.

The session will also be streamed live on our Facebook page, for which no prior registration is required.