[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c8.s3.238 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.238 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.238 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3.238) As stated in the opening lines of all the copper-plate grants of this family, the Châlukyas belonged to the Gotra or race of Mânavya and were the descendants of Hâriti. They were under the guardianship of the Seven Mothers and were led to prosperity by the god Kârtikeya. They obtained from Nârâyaṇa a standard with a boar represented on it, and fighting under that standard they subjugated all kings. The Yevur tablet and the Miraj plates, referred to above, agree with Bilhaṇa in representing Ayodhyâ as the original seat of the family. But since these were almost contemporaneous with the poet, all the three represent only the tradition that was current in the eleventh century. The first prince who raised the family to distinction in the south was Jayasiṁha. He fought several battles with the reigning princes, and, among them, those belonging to the Râshṭrakûṭa family, if the Yevur tablet is to be trusted, and acquired the sovereignty of the country. After him reigned Raṇarâga, who was a prince of great valour and had a stately and gigantic person. He was succeeded by his son Pulakeśi, who performed a great Aśvamedha or horse-sacrifice and attended equally to the concerns of this world and the next. He made Vâtâpipura, which has been identified with Bâdâmi in the Kalâdgi district, his capital. He appears to have been the first great prince of the family; for, in all the subsequent grants the genealogy begins with him. His full title was Satyâśraya Śri Pulakeśi Vallabha Mahârâja. Of these words, Vallabha appears to be the title of all princes of this dynasty. In some cases, Vallabha had Pṛithvî prefixed to it, so that the expression meant "the Lover or Husband of the Earth." Satyâśraya or "the Support of Truth" was inherited by some of the later princes. Pulakeśi's son Kîrtivarman succeeded to the throne after him. He subjugated a family of princes of the name of Nalas; but over what province it ruled we do not know. He also subdued the Mauryas, who, from a statement in an inscription at Aihole¹ upon which this account is principally based, seem to have been chiefs of northern Konkaṇ, and reduced also the Kadambas of Banavâsî in North Kânarâ. - [Previous: c8.s3.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3.237) - [Next: c8.s3.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3.239) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3) ## Cites (2) - [Badami](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.badami) - [Aihole](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.aihole) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3.238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3.238) · Pramāṇa