Vijanaeshwara, who wrote a book called MITAKSHRA that became a basis for hindu law and Indian jurisprudence in 10- 11 century.

Born in Bhalki in Bidar district and honoured by Vikarmaditya Chalukyan empire.

His works was found in Martur Village in #Kalaburagi

The revelation was a feather in the cap of Karnataka as  the laws in India relating to the Hindu joint family, distribution of property, property rights, stree dhana (women property), and succession are still governed by Mitakshara.

Though written 10 centuries ago in the south of the country by a Kannadiga, its authority spread all over India, except Bengal and Assam where the Dayabhaga prevailed. Today it is accepted as the authoritative text on Hindu law from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.

The inscriptions on a stone plaque, dated 1124 AD, found at the Kalingeshwara Temple in Martur village, 18 kilometres from Gulbarga, reveal: “Ariraya Mukuta Tadhita Charanan-enalu Negabdi Vikramankana Ratnokara Nichita Mukuta Tadhita,”

meaning “When Emperor Vikramaditya bent down to salute Vijnaneshwara, the Emperor's jewelled crown touched the feet of Vijnaneshwara”.

PC : @DeccanChronicle
This info. From @DeccanHerald @DeccanChronicle

The importance of the Mitakshara lies in the fact  that it made traditional Hindu law  secular. Until it came into existence, Smritis and commentaries were largely religious and not secular. It was the Mitakshara which  made the laws on property and inheritance secular,”

Justice Katju observes, also noting that it liberalised the law on women, providing for maintenance of not only a “chaste” wife but also of an “unchaste wife or widow.”  Due to Vijnaneshwara’s progressive views, women also became entitled to hold and inherit property, he recalls.

@BharathiKumar4 after your thread, I thought of writing this thread, like that of mahaviracharya.
Please add any info. On the great luminary whose laws are still valued by many legal experts.