Deopara Prashasti

The Deopara Prashasti is a stone inscription eulogizing the Sena kings of Bengal. It was composed by Umapati Dhara, a minister in the court of Laksmana Sena (c. 1178-1206), who was also one of several court poets. The inscription particularly praises Laksmana Sena's grandfather Vijaya Sen (c. 1095–1158).[1] The alphabet is a precursor of the modern Bengali alphabet, with 22 letters approximating the modern forms.[1][2] The stone tablet was found in 1865 near the village of Deopara, now in Godagari Upazila of Rajshahi District of modern-day Bangladesh.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Aksadul Alam (2012), "Deopara Prashasti", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal, Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. ↑ Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay (1919), The Origin of the Bengali Script, University of Calcutta available in Wikimedia Commons


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