THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 350–999

Western Ganga kingdom (Gangavadi)

Gangavadi: the modern Mysore, Hassan, Mandya, Ramanagara, Chamarajanagar, Tumkur, Kolar and Bangalore districts (Wikipedia). Before c.

470 the kingdom held only the eastern districts round Kolar and Talakad; Sendraka (Chikkamagaluru, Belur), Punnata and the northern Kongu country were added by c. 470, and Kongu was held, contested with the Pandyas, into the 9th century. The Gangas were feudatories of the Badami Chalukyas (6th–8th c.) and, after a century of resistance, allies of the Rashtrakutas. After Takkolam (949) they were granted the Tungabhadra lands. Ended when the Cholas took Gangavadi c. 1000. Gangavadi: the modern Mysore, Hassan, Mandya, Ramanagara, Chamarajanagar, Tumkur, Kolar and Bangalore districts. Sendraka (Chikkamagaluru, Belur), Punnata and the northern Kongu country were added by c. 470, and Kongu was held, contested with the Pandyas, into the 9th century. The Gangas were feudatories of the Badami Chalukyas (6th–8th c.) and, after a century of resistance, allies of the Rashtrakutas. The Tungabhadra lands were granted to them after Takkolam (949). Ended when the Cholas took Gangavadi c. 1000.

See Western Ganga kingdom (Gangavadi) on the map in 806

On the map
350–999
Capital
Kolar (Kuvalala), then Talakad (Talakadu) on the Kaveri from c. 390

Rulers named in the sources

South Asian kingdoms to 1000 CE

Kingdoms of South Asia before 1000 CE: the Western Gangas of Karnataka, the Licchavis of Nepal, Zhangzhung in Western Tibet, the Hindu Shahis, the kingdoms of Sindh and Multan, the Vishnukundinas and Eastern Chalukyas of Andhra, the Kalachuris, the Chera Perumals, the dynasties of Odisha and Dakshina Kosala, the Later Guptas, the Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri and Porus.

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