The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t29: Kadamba Dynasty of Banavāsi
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t29
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Kadamba Dynasty of Banavāsi
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The dates appended to the names of kings are taken from Jouveau-Dubreuil (*'Ancient History of the Dekhan' p. 95f*). They are tentative.
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1. *Mayūraśarman.* A. D. 340-360. Took Banavāsi and Halsi (Palāśikā), and crushed the Chuṭu-Sātakaṇi rulers. (*See the Table of Āndhra Kings.*)
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2. *Kaṅgavarman.* 360-385. Much fighting in his reign.
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3. *Bhāgīratha.*
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4. *Raghu.*
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5. *Kakutsthavarman.* (425-450). One of his daughters Md. a Gupta king.
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6. *Śantivarman.*
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*Krishṇavarman I.* Md. the dau. of Kaikeya chief.
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7. *Mrigēśavarman.* 475 (or 471, see notes) - 488. *Vijayāśiva* Md. Kaikeya Prabhāvati.
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8. *Māndhātrivarman.*
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*Vishṇuvarman I* or *Vishṇudāsa* Killed by Ravivarman.
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*Dēvavarman* or *Śivānandavarman.* Became an ascetic.
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KADAMBA DYNASTY OF BAṆAVĀSI-contd.
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9. Ravivarman 500-537. Bhānuvarman. Sivaratha 541/2. Simhavarman 10. Harivarman 537-550. Lost his country to Caḷukya Pulakēśin I. 11. Kṛishṇavarman 550-565. The country seized by Caḷukya Kīrttivarman I. Daughter Md. the Gaṅga king Mādhava II Ajavarman. Bhōgivarman. Vishṇuvarman II.
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NOTES.—For 1 Mayūraśarman, see the Taḷaguṇḍa inscription, (E. I. viii. 30). He was a Brahman of the Mānavya Gōtra, and claimed descent from Hārīti, as did the Caḷukya princes. He attacked the Pallavas of Kāñchī and made himself independent at Baṇavāsi.
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7. Mṛigēśavarman may have come to the throne in A.D. 471. For an inscription of his third year bears a date in A.D. 473, given as in the year Pausha, which, in the 12 year cycle = Kilaka (I. A., 1878, p. 35).
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10. Harivarman's accession may have been in A.D. 538. See the Sangoli plates of A.D. 545 (E. I. xiv., 166).
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Sivaratha ruled Uchehangi-drūg in Harivarman's fourth year (I. A. vi, p. 30, the Halsi plates).