Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.1.11 Southern kingdoms c. 300–750 CE

3.1.11.4 Early Pandyas, Kalabhras, Kadambas and Western Gangas

In the centuries after the Sangam age, the Kalabhras interrupted Tamil rule, the Pandyas revived at Madurai, and in Karnataka the Kadambas of Banavasi and the Western Gangas of Talakad built the first Kannada kingdoms.

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Key terms

  • Pandyas
  • Madurai
  • Kalabhras
  • Kadungon
  • Velvikudi grant
  • Srimara Srivallabha
  • Kadambas
  • Mayurasharman
  • Banavasi
  • Halmidi
  • Western Gangas
  • Talakad
  • Gomateshwara

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