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Talagunda inscription

5th century · 5th century · Also known as Talagunda pillar inscription

The Talagunda inscription is a Sanskrit verse inscription on a stone pillar at Talagunda in Shimoga district, Karnataka, India, carved in the 5th century under the Kadamba king Shantivarma. It tells how Mayurasharma, a Brahmin insulted by a Pallava guard at Kanchipuram, took up arms and founded the Kadamba kingdom, and it is a key source for early Karnataka history.

Talagunda inscription
Image: F Kielhorn (died 1908) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Kadamba dynasty

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