Description602 CE Mahakuta pillar inscription, Sanskrit, old Kannada script, 1890 ink impression inverted.jpg
English: An important early inscription found at Mahakuta Hindu temples site (near Badami), this inscription contains historical information about the an influential early Chalukya dynasty. It is a much cited inscription from Karnataka.
Language: Sanskrit inscription
Script: Old Kannada
Number of lines: 16
Also known as: Makuta pillar, Magada stambha, Dharma Jayastambha of Mahakuta
This is an inverted image of the 2-D ink impression on paper from the early 7th-century Mahakita pillar now at Vijayapura (Bijapur) Archaeological Museum. This was published in 1890 by John F Fleet (Indian Antiquary, Volume 19). Since this is a photograph of a 2-D image published in the 19th-century, the PD-Art guidelines of wikimedia commons apply. Any rights I have, I herewith donate it to wikimedia commons with public domain license (CC0 1.0 Universal).
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Inscription of Mangalesa found on Dharma Jayastambha with Mahakuta group of temples – an early Western Chalukya site