The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.78

c8.78

A.D. 340. A record at Tālgund, Shimōga District, Mysore, gives an account of the foundation of the long-lived Kadamba dynasty of Baṇavāśi. It belongs to the reign of Kākusthavarman (A.D. 425-450), and presents the history of the times from a Kadamba standpoint. A Brahman named Mayūraśarma went to Kāñchi as a theological student, rebelled against the life, became a freebooter, raised a force, fought against Pallava troops, seized lands in the Dekhan and as far east as Śrīśailam, levied tribute from the Bāṇa chiefs of North Arcot, whose residence was at Tiruvallam, and finally became so troublesome that the Pallava king came to terms with him, and about A.D. 340 recognized him as legitimate lord of Baṇavāśi, Hāngal, and other larger tracts. Mayūraśarma finally put an end to the Chūṭu-Sātakarṇi rule in that country.