Nagarjunakonda valley, Guntur district, Andhra pradesh
Find Place
Nagarjunakonda valley, Guntur district, Andhra pradesh
Style
Nagarjunakonda art.
School
Late phase of Amaravathi school
Patron/Dynasty
Ikshavakus
Period / Year of Work
C. 3rd/4th century CE
Inscription
Sanskrit Inscription with eight sides of the
pillar from Pushpabhadra swami temple - Haritiputra
Virapurushadatta-II, 16th regnal year of king Ehuvala
Chamtamula.
Dimensions
325 X 40 X 18cm
Brief Description
Lime Stone-Sanskrit inscription with eight sides of the
pillar from Pushpabhadra swami temple - Haritiputra
Virapurushadatta-II, 16th regnal year of king Ehuvala
Chamtamula.
Detailed Description
Retrieved from Site-34, this pillar formed part of dhvajasthambha(flag-staff). The Sanskrit inscription engraved in Brahmi characters of the period, record that the icon of Siva alluded to as Mahadeva Pushpabhadrasvamin was enshrined in an apsidal temple built during the sixteenth regnal year of King Ehuvala Chamtamula by prince and Mahasenapati Virapurushadatta. It also records the perpetual endowment of a village toward s the maintenance of the said temple.
