The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s11.43

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The Kadambas, again, are first mentioned in connection with the same king Kirtivarman I., who is spoken of as breaking up their confederacy; and his conquest of Banawâsi, which was their chief city, is referred to in all the copper-plate records that include his name, and also in the Mahâkûta pillar inscription, where the name used for the city is Vaijayantî.¹ Two later families,—called, with a slight difference in the first syllable of the name, Kâdambas,—will be noticed further on, in chapter VIII. And we are concerned here with only an early family, which is known chiefly from ten copper-plate grants, of which seven were obtained at Halsî in the Khânâpur tâluka, Belgaum District,² and three at Dêvagere in the Karajgi tâluka, Dhârwâr District.³ Their principal capital was undoubtedly Banawâsi, which is mentioned in their records by the name of Vaijayantî: but Palâsikâ, i.e. Halsî,⁴ also was one of the important seats of their power, and Uchchaśringî was another;⁵ and still another is mentioned, Triparvata, which has not yet been identified.⁶