The
Kadamba Dynasty (345 – 525 CE) was an ancient royal family of
Karnataka that ruled from
Banavasi in present day
Uttara Kannada district. The dynasty later continued to rule as a feudatory of larger
Kannada empires, the
Chalukya and the
Rashtrakuta empires for over five hundred years during which time they branched into
Goa and
Hanagal. At the peak of their power under King Kakushtavarma, they ruled large parts of Karnataka. During the pre-Kadamba era the ruling families that controlled Karnataka, the
Mauryas,
Satavahanas and Chutus were not natives of the region and the nucleus of power resided outside present day Karnataka. The Kadambas were the first indigenous dynasty to use Kannada, the language of the soil at an administrative level. In the history of Karnataka, this era serves as a broad based historical starting point in the study of the development of region as an enduring geo-political entity and Kannada as an important regional language.
The dynasty was founded by
Mayurasharma in 345 which at times showed the potential of developing into imperial proportions, an indication to which is provided by the titles and epithets assumed by its rulers. One of his successors,
Kakusthavarma was a powerful ruler and even the kings of imperial
Gupta Dynasty of northern India cultivated marital relationships with his family, giving a fair indication of the sovereign nature of their kingdom. Tiring of the endless battles and bloodshed, one of the later descendants, King Shivakoti adopted Jainism. The Kadambas were contemporaries of the
Western Ganga Dynasty of
Talakad and together they formed the earliest native kingdoms to rule the land with absolute autonomy.
" ಶ್ರೀಮಾನರಾಶಿ "
"ಶ್ರೀ ದೋಷರಾಶಿ" ಕೃಷ್ಣವರ್ಮ II ( ಕ್ರಿ.ಶ 516 -540)
" ಶಶಾಂಕ್ " 
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