Kadambas were an ancient royal family of Karnataka, India, that ruled northern Karnataka and the Konkan from Banavasi in present-day Uttara Kannada district.
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14 Facts About Kadambas
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Kadambas were contemporaries of the Western Ganga Dynasty and together they formed the earliest native kingdoms to rule the land with autonomy.
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The Kadambas were the first indigenous dynasty to use Kannada, the language of the soil, at an administrative level.
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Kadambas'storians are divided on the issue of the geographical origin of the Kadambas, whether they were of local origin or earlier immigrants from northern India.
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Kadambas collected a faithful group of followers, routed the Pallava armies and Antarapalas and firmly rooted himself in the dense forests of the modern Srisailam region.
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Kadambas had to fight the Vakataka might to protect his kingdom .
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Kadambas was succeeded by his younger brother Kakusthavarma in c 435.
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Kadambas maintained similar relations with the Bhatari vassal and the Alupas of South Canara.
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Kadambas is credited with a victory against the Vakatakas as well.
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Around c 540 the Chalukyas who were vassals of the Kadambas and governed from Badami conquered the entire kingdom.
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Kadambas were followers of Hinduism as evidenced by their inscriptions.
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Soudara Rajan, the Kadambas created three rock-cut Vedic cave temples cut out of laterite at Arvalem in Goa.
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The Kadambas minted coins, some of which have Kannada legends which provide additional numismatic evidence of their history.
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The Kadambas were the first rulers to use Kannada as an additional official administrative language, as evidenced by the Halmidi inscription of c 450.
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