15. The following line is carved on the pillar's left face: 16. Notes See also Indian inscriptions Indian copper plate inscriptions References External links Editio princeps: Annual Report of the Mysore Archaeological Department for the Year 1936. Bangalore: The Government Press, 1938. Pages 72–74. [photographic facsimile, transliteration and translation (into English)] Banavasi Old Kannada Inscription Halmidi Inscription Halmidi village finally on the road to recognition Language of the Inscriptions — Archaeological Survey of India [The last sentence of second last paragraph mentions the Halmidi inscription.] Kannada literature Literature of Karnataka Earliest known manuscripts by language Kadamba inscriptions 5th-century inscriptions 5th-century literature Kannada inscriptions