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‘The upper part of the pillar is ocatgonal (and this part contains the inscription). Immediately below the inscription, the pillar is square. It is stamped with the mark of the tri-śūla or trident, which is the weapon of Śiva, was set up in the middle of the three shrines by a sculptor named Śubhadeva.’—(Pattadakal inscrip. of Kirtivarman II, line 18, *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. III, pp. 1, 3, 5, 7.)