{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox royalty | title = '''Dharmamahārājadhirāja''' | image = | caption = | succession = King of the Kadamba Kingdom | reign = c. 360 - 385 CE | predecessor = Mayurasharma | successor = Bhageerath | spouse = | issue = | house = Kadamba | father = }} {{Banavasi Kadamba Kings Infobox}} '''Kangavarma''' ({{reign|{{circa|360}}|385 CE}}{{sfn|Karashima|2014|p=369}}) or '''Kangavarman''' was the second ruler of the Kadamba dynasty in South India. His name is sometimes also read as '''Skandavarman'''.<ref name = "classical">{{cite book |author1=R. Sathianathaier|editor1-last=Majumdar |editor1-first=R.C. |title=The Classical Age |date=1997 |publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |page=272 |edition=Fifth}}</ref> Kangavarma succeeded his father Mayurasharma, the founder of the Kadamba kingdom.
==Life== The Talagunda pillar inscription indicates that Kangavarma's reign was a turbulent one with many bitter wars.<ref name="Mishra1979">{{cite book|last=Mishra|first=Phanikanta|title=The Kadambas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voseAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Mithila Prakasana|pages=19–20}}</ref> Although we lack details of the wars which Kangavarma had to face, it is likely that the Vakatakas were among his foremost enemies. In particular, Kangavarman's contemporary to the north was the Vakataka king Vindhyasena of Vatsagulma or Prithvisena I,{{sfn|Moraes|1931|p=18}} who is credited with a victory against the Kadambas.{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2016|p=484}} While some scholars agree that Kangavarma suffered defeat at the hands of the Vakatakas,<ref name = "classical"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Jouveau-Dubreuil |first1=Gabriel |title=Ancient History of the Deccan |date=1920 |location=Pondicherry |pages=99–100 |url=https://archive.org/details/ancienthistoryof00jouvrich/}}</ref> other scholars believe that Kangavarma was mostly successful in resisting the Vakataka invasion and preserving the independence of the Kadamba kingdom.{{sfn|Moraes|1931|p=18}}{{sfn|Sastri|1961|p=110}}
Kangavarma assumed the title ''Dharmamahārājadhirāja'', which continued to be used by his successors. Similar titles were used by other dynasties of South India including the Pallavas and the later Chalukyas of Badami, as well as by the Vakataka rivals of the Kadambas.{{sfn|Upinder Singh|2016|pp=481-482}} Kangavarma also used the surname of ''varma'' (which was historically associated with the Kshatriya caste) instead of ''sharma'', a convention which many later Kadamba kings followed. Kangavarma was succeeded on the Kadamba throne by his son Bhageerath.
==References== ===Notes=== {{reflist}} ===Sources=== * {{citation |last=Karashima |first=Noboru |title=A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations |year=2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-809977-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fpdVoAEACAAJ }} * {{citation |last=Moraes |first=George M. |authorlink=George M. Moraes |year=1931 |title=The Kadamba Kula, A History of Ancient and Medieval Karnataka |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22295 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=81-206-0595-0 }} * {{citation |last=Sastri |first=K.A. Nilakanta |title=A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar |date=1961 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=110 |edition=Third}} * {{citation |last=Singh |first=Upinder |author-link=Upinder Singh |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century |url={{Google books|Pq2iCwAAQBAJ|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=Pearson Education |date=2016 |isbn=978-93-325-6996-6 |ref={{sfnref|Upinder Singh|2016}} }}
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