| Mahakuta pillar Inscription | |
|---|---|
 Early Western Chalukya inscription of Mangalesa | |
| Material | Deep red sandstone |
| Writing | Sanskrit |
| Created | 602 CE |
| Discovered | 15°55′59″N 75°43′22″E / 15.932953°N 75.722656°E |
| Place | Mahakuta, Karnataka |
| Present location | Gol Gumbaz Museum, Vijayapura (16°49′37″N 75°44′08″E / 16.827048°N 75.735603°E) |
  Mahakuta Mahakuta (India) | |
Mahakuta Pillar (Kannada: ಮಹಾಕೂಟ ಸ್ತಂಭ), also known as Makuta pillar, Magada stambha or Mangalesa Dharma Jayastambha, is a deep red sandstone pillar with an early 7th-century inscription of Early Western Chalukya era. It was found near Mahakuta group of Hindu temples near Badami, Karnataka, India. Inscribed with 16 lines of Sanskrit in Old Kannada script by king Mangalesha, it is an important and partly disputed source of historic information about the times of Badami Chalukya, the dynasty, and his influential father Pulakeshin I.[1][2]
- ^ Carol Bolon 1979, pp. 253–255.
- ^ John F Fleet 1890, pp. 7–16.