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Rachamalla IV

r. c. 975–986 · 10th century

Rachamalla IV was a king of the Western Ganga dynasty of southern Karnataka in the late 10th century. His minister and general Chavundaraya commissioned the colossal statue of Bahubali (Gommateshwara) at Shravanabelagola around 983, one of the greatest monuments of Jainism, and wrote an important early work of Kannada prose.

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Western Ganga dynasty

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