This article is about the Chalukyas of Vatapi. For other dynasties, see Chalukya (disambiguation).
Chalukya dynasty
543–753
Extent of Badami Chalukya Empire, 636 AD, 740 AD.[1]
Capital
Badami
Common languages
Kannada Sanskrit
Religion
Hinduism Buddhism[2] Jainism
Government
Monarchy
Maharaja
• 543–566
Pulakeshin I
• 746–753
Kirtivarman II
History
• Earliest records
543
• Established
543
• Disestablished
753
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kadamba dynasty
Vakataka dynasty
Rashtrakuta Empire
Eastern Chalukyas
Today part of
India
The Chalukya dynasty ([tʃaːɭukjə]) was a Classical Indian dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries. During this period, they ruled as three related yet individual dynasties. The earliest dynasty, known as the "Badami Chalukyas", ruled from Vatapi (modern Badami) from the middle of the 6th century. The Badami Chalukyas began to assert their independence at the decline of the Kadamba kingdom of Banavasi and rapidly rose to prominence during the reign of Pulakeshin II. After the death of Pulakeshin II, the Eastern Chalukyas became an independent kingdom in the eastern Deccan. They ruled from Vengi until about the 11th century. In the western Deccan, the rise of the Rashtrakutas in the middle of the 8th century eclipsed the Chalukyas of Badami before being revived by their descendants, the Western Chalukyas, in the late 10th century. These Western Chalukyas ruled from Kalyani (modern Basavakalyan) until the end of the 12th century.
The rule of the Chalukyas marks an important milestone in the history of South India and a golden age in the history of Karnataka. The political atmosphere in South India shifted from smaller kingdoms to large empires with the ascendancy of Badami Chalukyas. A Southern India-based kingdom took control and consolidated the entire region between the Kaveri and the Narmada rivers. The rise of this empire saw the birth of efficient administration, overseas trade and commerce and the development of new style of architecture called "Chalukyan architecture". Kannada literature, which had enjoyed royal support in the 9th century Rashtrakuta court found eager patronage from the Western Chalukyas in the Jain and Veerashaiva traditions. The 11th century saw the patronage of Telugu literature under the Eastern Chalukyas.
^Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 146, map XIV.2 (c). ISBN 0226742210. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^An inscription dated 1095 AD of Vikramaditya VI mentions grants to a Vihara of Buddha and Arya-Taradevi (Cousens 1926, p11)
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