Mic Mel Maathu

After Somashekhara Nayaka's death in 1677, Chennamma efficiently handled the administration of the Keladi Nayaka dynasty. During her reign of 25 years, she repelled the advance of the Mughal Army led by Aurangzeb from her military base in the kingdom of Keladi located in Sagara , Karnataka , India. She adopted Basavappa Nayaka, one of her close relatives who succeeded as Hiriya Basappa Nayaka. She...

Vikramaditya VI (r. 1076 – 1126 CE) became the Western Chalukya King after deposing his elder brother Someshvara II , a political move he made by gaining the support of Chalukya vassals during the Chola invasion of Chalukya territory. Vikramaditya's reign is marked with the abolishment of the Saka era and the start of the Chalukya-Vikrama era . He was the greatest of the Western Chalukya kings and...

Vikramaditya VI (r. 1076 – 1126 CE) became the Western Chalukya King after deposing his elder brother Someshvara II , a political move he made by gaining the support of Chalukya vassals during the Chola invasion of Chalukya territory. Vikramaditya's reign is marked with the abolishment of the Saka era and the start of the Chalukya-Vikrama era . He was the greatest of the Western Chalukya kings and...

Hoy Sala ” ( Strike Sala ! ) said the guru Sudatta Muni to his student, Sala when a "tiger" attacked them. The student struck the animal in one blow, and the guru was so pleased that he asked Sala to establish a kingdom - the Hoysala dynasty. The Hoysala Kingdom was a indian royal dynasty originating from the Indian subcontinent that ruled most of what is now Karnataka between the 10th and the 14t...

Pulakeshi II : Pulikeshi r. c. 610–642 CE) popularly known as Immadi Pulikeshi , was the greatest ⁠Chalukyan Emperor⁠ who reigned from ⁠Vatapi⁠ (present-day Badami in ⁠Karnataka⁠ , India). During his reign, the Chalukya Empire expanded to cover most of the ⁠Deccan⁠ region in ⁠peninsular India⁠ .

This episode contains the story of “Veera Mayura Sharma” Mayurasharma or Mayuravarma (reigned 345–365 CE), a native of Talagunda (in modern Shimoga district ), was the founder of the Kadamba Kingdom of Banavasi , the earliest native kingdom to rule over what is today the modern state of Karnataka , India . Before the rise of the Kadambas, the centres of power ruling the land were outside the Karna...