Keywords: Tyagada Brahmadeva Pillar at Shravanabelagola.jpg en The Tyagada Brahmadeva Pillar or Chhagada Brahmadeva Pillar is a decorated free standing pillar commissioned by Chamundaraya an important minister and commander to four kings of the Western Ganga dynasty The pillar dates to around 983 C E and exists on the Vindyagiri hill Shravanabelagola in the Karnataka state India According to B L Rice the inscription on the north face contains an account by Chamundaraya himself The original old Kannada inscription 983 C E was made on all four faces of the square base However at present only the inscription on the north face is intact 1889 Epigraphia Carnatica Rev ed B Lewis Rice other versions PD-old-70-1923 Uploaded with UploadWizard Western Ganga Dynasty |