Chalukyas of Badami

The Chalukya Empire was a medieval empire that ruled over most of the Deccan during the 6th-8th century . The Chalukyas, originally feudatories of the Kadambas, rose to power in the Aihole and Badami regions of Karnataka.N. Laxminarayana Rao and S. C. Nandinath in Kamath 2001, p57Keay (2000), p168Jayasimha 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), p328Quote:"They belonged to the Karnataka country and their mother tongue was Kannada" (Sen 1999, p360); Kamath (2001), p58, They promoted Kannada and Sanskrit languages in their administration.Considerable number of their records are in Kannada (Kamath 2001, p67)7th century Chalukya inscriptions call Kannada the natural language (Thapar 2003, p345) 

In the mid-6th century, Pulakeshin I established Badami as their center of power.Sen (1999), p360 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.In this composition, the poet deems himself an equal to Sanskrit scholars of lore like Bharavi and Kalidasa (Sastri 1955, p312Kamath (2001), p59Keay (2000), p169Sen (1999), pp361–362Kamath (2001), pp59–60Some 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)

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