Chalukyas of Badami
The Chalukya Empire was a medieval empire that ruled over most of the Deccan during the 6th-8th century .[3] The Chalukyas, originally feudatories of the Kadambas, rose to power in the Aihole and Badami regions of Karnataka.[4][5][6][7][8] They promoted Kannada and Sanskrit in their administration.[9][10] In the mid-6th century, Pulakeshin I established Badami as their center of power.[11] Under Pulakeshin II, the Chalukyas expanded their influence northward beyond the Tapti and Narmada rivers, successfully resisting Harshavardhana, the northern ruler. The Aihole inscription of Pulakeshin II (dated 634 CE) records his victories over several kingdoms, including the Kadambas, Western Gangas, Alupas, Mauryas, Kosala, Malwa, Lata, and the Gurjaras of southern Rajasthan.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Chalukya dynasty | |||||||||||||
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| 543–753 | |||||||||||||
 Greatest extent of the Chalukya Empire, 636 AD, 740 AD [1] | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Badami | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Kannada Sanskrit | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism Buddhism[2] Jainism | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Maharaja | |||||||||||||
• 543–566 | Pulakeshin I | ||||||||||||
• 746–753 | Kirtivarman II | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Earliest records | 543 | ||||||||||||
• Established | 543 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 753 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||||
References
change- ↑ Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001). A Concise History of Karnataka: (from Pre-historic Times to the Present). Jupiter Books. p. 327.
- ↑ An inscription dated 1095 AD of Vikramaditya VI mentions grants to a Vihara of Buddha and Arya-Taradevi (Cousens 1926, p11)
- ↑ Chopra, P.N.; Ravindran, T.K.;, Subrahmanian, N (2003). History of South India (Ancient, Medieval and Modern) Part 1. New Delhi: Chand Publications. ISBN 81-219-0153-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ N. Laxminarayana Rao and S. C. Nandinath in Kamath 2001, p57
- ↑ Keay (2000), p168
- ↑ Jayasimha and Ranaraga, ancestors of Pulakeshin I, were administrative officers in the Badami province under the Kadambas (Fleet in Kanarese Dynasties, p343), (Moraes 1931, p51)
- ↑ Thapar (2003), p328
- ↑ Quote:"They belonged to the Karnataka country and their mother tongue was Kannada" (Sen 1999, p360); Kamath (2001), p58,
- ↑ Considerable number of their records are in Kannada (Kamath 2001, p67)
- ↑ 7th century Chalukya inscriptions call Kannada the natural language (Thapar 2003, p345)
- ↑ Sen (1999), p360
- ↑ In this composition, the poet deems himself an equal to Sanskrit scholars of lore like Bharavi and Kalidasa (Sastri 1955, p312
- ↑ Kamath (2001), p59
- ↑ Keay (2000), p169
- ↑ Sen (1999), pp361–362
- ↑ Kamath (2001), pp59–60
- ↑ Some of these kingdoms may have submitted out of fear of Harshavardhana of Kannauj (Majumdar in Kamat 2001, p59)
- ↑ The rulers of Kosala were the Panduvamshis of South Kosala (Sircar in Kamath 2001, pp59)