A remarkable archaeological discovery at the Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple in Srisailam, present-day Andhra Pradesh, has ...

HYDERABAD: The first Indian epigraphical reference to Halley’s comet has been discovered in a copper plate inscription from the Vijayanagara period. The inscrip ...

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The inscription date in the Indian calendar is śaka 1378, dhātr̥ āṣāḍha ba. 11, which reads exactly to Monday, June 28, 1456 CE. According to astronomical data, Halley's comet was seen ...

A rare epigraphical discovery by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) reveals the first Indian inscription referencing Halley's Comet. Found on a Sanskrit copper plate from 1456 CE in ...