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Halmidi inscription, a Common card
The Halmidi inscription is the oldest known Kannada-language inscription in the Kadamba script.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 90
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Ranked #2,872 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Halmidi inscription quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Halmidi inscription card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
While ______ vary slightly, the inscription is often dated to between 450 CE - 500 CE.
Answer
estimates. While estimates vary slightly, the inscription is often dated to between 450 CE - 500 CE. From the Halmidi inscription article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The inscription was discovered in ____ by Dr. M. H. Krishna, the Director of Archaeology of the State of Mysore, in Halmidi, a village in the Hassan district.
Answer
1930s. The inscription was discovered in 1936 by Dr. M. H. Krishna, the Director of Archaeology of the State of Mysore, in Halmidi, a village in the Hassan district. From the Halmidi inscription article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- While estimates vary slightly, the inscription is often dated to between 450 CE - 500 CE.
- The inscription was discovered in 1936 by Dr. M. H. Krishna, the Director of Archaeology of the State of Mysore, in Halmidi, a village in the Hassan district.
- The original inscription is kept in the Office of the Director of Archaeology and Museums, Govt. of Karnataka, Mysore, and a fibreglass replica has been installed in Halmidi.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Halmidi inscription article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Halmidi inscription (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bengaluru Inscriptions Digital Conservation Team, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
