10th Century Kadamba Inscription Found in Goa

GS Paper I Art and Culture

Context: An inscription written in kannada and sanskrit has been discovered in the Mahadeva temple at Cacoda in southern Goa.

About Kadamba Inscription

The inscription is composed as a vocal statement by Talara Nevayya on the death of his son Gundayya.
It is in the literary style of the Talangre inscription of Jayasimha I of the same period.
The inscription opens with an auspicious word ‘Be it well’ (Swasthi Shri).
Epigraph (an inscription on a building, statue or coin) is engraved in Kannada and Nagari characters of the 10th century AD and belongs to the Kadambas of Goa.

Origin: The Kadambas of Goa are descendants of Mayurasharma (founder of the Kadamba Kingdom of Banavasi, 345-365 CE)
They were the feudatory/subordinates of the Chalukyas of Kalyana.
Kadamba Shasthadeva was appointed the Mahamandaleshwar of Goa by the Chalukya king, Tailapa II as a reward for his help against the Rashtrakutas.
- Kadamba Shashthadeva later conquered the city of Chandrapur from the Shilaharas and established the Goan Kadamba dynasty in 960 CE.
Capital: Chandor, formerly known as Chandrapur, was the capital of this dynasty, and an important port.
King Shashthadeva made the port city of Gopakpattana as his subsidiary capital after annexing Goa, Port Gopakapattana and Kapardikadvipa and large part of South Konkan to his kingdom.