Volume : III, Issue : IX, October - 2013 Heroes Of The Heroistich Stones: A Social Message![](ArticleImage/No_Image.jpg) Balappa Mallappa And Biradar Srishail Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The Heroistich stones are a memorial commemorating the honorable death of a king in battle and are found all over India. Hero stones often carry inscriptions displaying a variety of adornments, including bas relief panels, statues, and figures of carved stone. Usually they are in the form of a stone monument and may have an inscription at the bottom with a narrative of the battle. According to the historian Upindra Sing, the largest concentration of such memorial stones are found in the Indian state of Karnataka. About two thousand six hundred and fifty hero stones, the earliest dated to the 5th century, have been discovered inKarnataka. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Balappa Mallappa And Biradar Srishail, (2013). Heroes Of The Heroistich Stones: A Social Message. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. IX, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/3167.pdf References : - M Chidanand Murthy: Kannada Syashanagala SamskrutikaAdhyana, 1996.
- Dr. M.B.Patil: Karnataka State Gazetteer (Gulbarga district), 1997.
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