Maski

Maski is a town and an archaeological site in the Raichur district of the state of Karnataka, India. It lies on the bank of the Maski stream which is a tributary of the Tungabhadra. Maski gets its name from Mahasangha or Masangi. The site became a force to be reckoned with the revelation of a minor shake decree of Emperor Ashoka by C. Beadon in 1915. It was the primary declaration of Emperor Ashoka that contained the name Ashoka in it rather than the prior decrees that alluded him as Devanampiye piyadasi.

This decree was vital to presume that numerous decrees discovered before in the Indian sub-mainland for the sake of Devanampiye piyadasi, all had a place with Emperor Ashoka. The declaration is carved on a stone face of Durgada-gudda, one of the gneissic outcrops that are available in the site. Maski is additionally the place on the Raichur Doab which was likewise under the authority of the magnificent Chola realm and it was here that Rajendra Chola I crushed Jayasimha II, the Western Chalukya ruler fighting in 1019-1020 AD.

Maski is very much associated by street. It lies on Bangalore-Gulbarga street. Maski ia around 430 km from Bangalore, 80 km from raichur and 22 km from Sindhanur. Maski can be come to by KSRTC transports from every single Major town and urban communities in Karnataka. Raichur Junction, 80 km away, is the closest railroad station.