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Old Kannada inscription (1200 AD) of King Kamadeva of the Kadamba dynasty of the Hangal branch. The Kadamba kings, like their predecessors the Satavahanas, called themselves Dharmamaharajas (lit, "Virtuous kings") and followed them closely in their administrative procedures. The kings were well read and some were even scholars and men of letters.
According to the inscription, Mayurasharma was a Vaidika brahmin and scholar and a native of Talagunda. He was the son of Bandhushena, grandson of his guru (teacher) Veerasharma and a student at the Agrahara (place of learning) in Talagunda. [1] [2] [5] The inscription confirms the family is named for the Kadamba tree that grew near the family ...
The Tālagunda pillar inscription of Kakusthavarman is an epigraphic record in Sanskrit found in the ruined Pranavalingeshwara temple northwest of village Talagunda, Karnataka, India. [1] It is engraved on hard grey granite and dated to between 455 and 470 CE.
The author of this inscription was Kubja, the court-poet of Śāntivarman. [6] He engraved the inscriptions himself to prevent any other engraver from committing mistakes. The famous Talagunda pillar inscription (450-460 A.D) that details the rise of the Kadamba Dynasty. Kubja, describes these inscriptions as a kavya thus:
The languages of Kadamba administration were Sanskrit and Kannada. They introduced the Kannada language to Goa, where it exercised a profound influence on the local language. The Nagari, Kadamba, Halekannada and Goykanadi scripts were very popular. It is known from another inscription that Tribhuvanamalla established a Brahmapuri at Gopaka.
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Mrigesavarma's Halasi inscription of 8th regnal year states that the king built a Jinalaya in memory of his father in Palasika and granted lands to saints of Yapaniya, nirgrantha and kurchaka sangha. Ravivarma's eleventh regnal year inscription found at Halasi refers to a grant for the abhisheka of Jinendra. Obviously this refers to a Jaina temple.
The Kadamba script is the first writing system devised specifically for writing Kannada and it was later adopted to write Telugu language. [4] The Kadamba script is also known as Pre-Old-Kannada script. The Kadamba script is one of the oldest of the southern group of the Brahmi script.