Indian Palaeography c15.s8.t1.1

c15.s8.t1.1

There were several branches of the Kadambas, two of which are important from our point of view: (1) the descendants of Mayūraśarman, and (2) the line of Kṛishṇavarman ruling in Banavāsī. Besides these we have a single ruler, Hāritīputa Siva-khaḍḍavamman, who still remains unconnected, but whose Maḷvalli inscription provides a link between the late inscriptions of the Sātavāhanas, especially the one on the same pillar at Maḷvalli, and those of the succeeding Kadambas. These inscriptions may be classed in three sub-groups: