Agara inscriptions and hero stones
Agara is a Panchayat-village in Bengaluru located on the Outer Ring Road, near Koramangala and HSR Layout. Three inscriptions have been documented and published from the Agara locality; two of which are documented, but their physical status is not known. The inscriptions range over a period from the 9th Century CE to the 16th Century CE. The inscriptions record various donations made by individuals during the reigns of the rulers of the Western Ganga and Karnataka (Vijayanagara) kingdoms. The 9th century CE Sriyamayya inscription mentions the fixing of Sluices for a tank; though it does not explicitly mention Agara Tank, the location of the inscription, as documented in the Volume 9 of the Epigraphia carnatica is described as being near the tank embankment. This is a sufficient affirmation to infer that the inscription was indeed referring to the Agara Tank, making it one of the earliest documented tank of Bengaluru, approximately 1150–1200 years old.
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Kasturba Road, Bengaluru Shivajinagar
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Karnataka Government Museum (Balfour's House of Fun)
Kasturba Road
560001 Bengaluru, Shivajinagar
Karnataka, India
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