The Kadambas have been a dynasty who ruled Goa from the 10th to the 14th century CE. They took over the territories of the Silaharas and ruled them in the beginning from Chandor, later making Gopakapattana their capital. Their modern descendants nonetheless reside in Goa.
In step with the Talagunda inscription discovered in Shimoga in Karnataka, the Kadambas are of Brahmin starting place, descended from Mayurasharma.
As a feudatory of the Chalukyas, Kadamba Shasthadeva was appointed because the Mahamandaleshwar of Goa by using the Chalukya king, Tailapa II. Consistent with the Savai vere inscription, the Kadambas had been allies of the Chalukyas, whom they helped to defeat the Rashtrakutas. Shashthadeva later conquered the city of Chandrapur from the Shilaharas and founded the Goan Kadamba dynasty in 960 CE.
King Shashthadeva conquered Goa, Port Gopakapattana and Kapardikadvipa and annexed a large a part of South Konkan to his kingdom, making Gopakpattana his subsidiary capital. The subsequent King, Jayakeshi I, additional accelerated the Goan kingdom. A Jain Sanskrit textual content, Dvayāśraya mentions the extension of his capital and that Port Gopakapattna had trade contacts with Zanzibar, Bengal, Gujarat and Sri Lanka. Gopakapattana used to be a satisfactory commercial city, good linked with old Goa and a buying and selling hub for over 300 years. Within the 1320s it was looted with the aid of Khilji basic Malik Kafur. The Kadambas went back to Chandor, however back to Gopakapattana when Muhammad bin Tughluq overcame Chandor.
for the period of the rule of the Kadambas, the identify and popularity of Goapuri reached its zenith. Goa's religion, tradition, exchange and humanities flourished and the dynasty constructed many Shiva temples. They assumed titles like Konkanadhipati, Saptakotisha Ladbha Varaveera, Gopakapura varadhishva, Konkanmahacharavarti and Panchamahashabda. They married the royalty of Saurashtra and even local chieftains. The kings patronized the Vedic religion and carried out principal fire sacrifices (yagna) such as the horse sacrifice (Ashvamedha). They popularized Shaivism and patronized Jainism in Goa.
The languages of Kadamba administration had been Sanskrit and Kannada. They introduced the Kannada language to Goa, where it exercised a profound affect on the regional language. The Nagari, Kadamba, Halekannada and Goykanadi scripts had been very general. It is identified from one other inscription that Tribhuvanamalla based a Brahmapuri at Gopaka. Brahmapuris have been old universities run by way of Brahmins, where Vedas, astrology, philosophy, treatment, and other topics had been taught. They were determined in Goa, Savoi verem, Gauli moula, and somewhere else.
Having ruled Goa for greater than 350 years, the Kadambas lost their power to the Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri. They and the Muslim invasions destroyed the dynasty. Ruins of their palaces, mansions, temples and markets can still be noticeable in Chandor village.
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