Mahakuta Pillar

Mahakuta pillar Inscription
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) 10km; 6miles Mahakuta group of temples Location of Mahakuta, near Badami

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.

[FOOTNOTECarol_Bolon1979253–255-1] Carol Bolon 1979, pp. 253–255.

[FOOTNOTEJohn_F_Fleet18907–16-2] John F Fleet 1890, pp. 7–16.

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