THE DYNASTY OF KADAMBAS OF BANAVASI,GOA,HANGAL,AND HALASI

THE DYNASTY OF KADAMBAS OF 

BANAVASI,GOA,HANGAL,AND HALASI

The dynasty was founded by Mayurasharma in 345 CE which at later times showed the potential of developing into imperial proportions, an indication to which is provided by the titles and epithets assumed by its rulers. He was the grand son of Veera Sharma and son of Bhandhu Shena. King Mayurasharma defeated the armies of the Pallavas of Kanchi possibly with help of some native tribes. The Kadamba fame reached its peak during the rule of Kakusthavarma, a notable ruler with whom even the kings of Gupta Dynasty of northern India cultivated marital alliances. Tiring of the endless battles and bloodshed, one of the later descendants, King Shivakoti adopted Jainism. The Kadambas were contemporaries of the Western Ganga Dynasty and together they formed the earliest native kingdoms to rule the land with absolute autonomy. The dynasty later continued to rule as a feudatory of larger Kannada empires, the Chalukya and the Rashtrakuta empires, for over five hundred years during which time they branched into minor dynasties known as the Kadambas of Goa, Kadambas of Halasi and Kadambas of Hangal. The Kadambas were the first indigenous dynasty to use Kannada, the language of the soil,Most of the inscriptions of the Kadambas mention Skanda and his Matrs (mothers). According to the Talagunda inscription, the founder Mayurasharma was annointed by the six-faced god of war, that is Skanda or Kartikeya.[n inscription of the Nagarakhanda Kadambas, a later descendent dynasty, gives a legendary account and traces their lineage back to the Nandas

Historians are divided on the issue of the caste of the Kadamba family, whether the founders of the kingdom belonged to the Brahmin caste as claimed by the Talagunda inscription, or were of tribal origin. A claim has been made that the Kadambas were none other than a tribe called the Kadambu, who were in conflict with the Chera kingdom (of modern Kerala). They belonged to the Manavya Gotra and were Haritiputras (lineage), which connects them to the native Chutus of Banavasi, a feudatory of the Satavahana empire.[A gold coin of King Bhagiratha (390–415 CE) bearing the old Kannada legend Sri and Bhagi also exists.[23] Recent discovery of 5th century Kadamba copper coin in Banavasi with Kannada script inscription Srimanaragi on it proves the usage of Kannada at the administrative level further.[2hey have been definitively attributed to the Kadambas because they not only have various Kadamba symbols, such as conches and chakras, but one of the epithets on the coins, sri dosharashi, is known from inscriptions to have been used by the Kadamba king Krishnavarma II (ruled 516–540).

Kadamba Kings (345–525)
(Banavasi Kings)
Mayurasharma	(345–365)
Kangavarma	(365–390)
Bagitarha	(390–415)
Raghu	(415–435)
Kakusthavarma	(435–455)
Santivarma	(455 -460)
Mrigeshavarma	(460–480)
Shivamandhativarma	(480–485)
Ravivarma	(485–519)
Harivarma	(519–525)
(Triparvatha Branch)
Krishna Varma I	(455)
Vishnuvarma
Simhavarma
Krishna Varma II
Pulakeshin I (Chalukya)	(543–566)