Western Ganga dynasty

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The Western Ganga dynasty was an early medieval South Indian royal house that ruled parts of present-day Karnataka, noted for its patronage of Jainism, distinctive temple architecture, and role in regional politics between larger empires.

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Western Ganga dynasty canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian dynasty ⓘ
medieval kingdom ⓘ
royal house ⓘ
alliedWith Chola dynasty ⓘ
Rashtrakuta dynasty ⓘ
architecturalStyle Dravidian architecture ⓘ
Ganga style of temple architecture ⓘ
capital Kolar ⓘ
linked to: Kolar district

Talakad ⓘ
conflictWith Chalukya dynasty ⓘ
Pallava dynasty ⓘ
Pandya dynasty ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dynastyFoundedBy Kongunivarman Madhava ⓘ
economy agrarian economy based on land grants ⓘ
endTime c. 1000 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kannada-speaking people ⓘ
followedBy Chola rule in southern Karnataka ⓘ
hasMonarch Butuga II ⓘ
Durvinita ⓘ
Harivarman ⓘ
Kongunivarman Madhava ⓘ
Madhava II ⓘ
Marasimha II ⓘ
Mushkara ⓘ
Rachamalla I ⓘ
Rachamalla II ⓘ
Rachamalla IV ⓘ
Shivamara I ⓘ
Sripurusha ⓘ
landGrantType bilavritti ⓘ
brahmadeya ⓘ
devadana ⓘ
language Kannada ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
notableFor distinctive temple architecture ⓘ
patronage of Jainism ⓘ
regional politics between larger empires ⓘ
support of Kannada literature ⓘ
notableInscriptionLanguage Kannada ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
notableWork support for the Gommateshwara statue at Shravanabelagola ⓘ
patronOf Jain monks ⓘ
Jain scholars ⓘ
inscriptional records in Kannada ⓘ
temple building ⓘ
politicalStatus feudatories of the Cholas ⓘ
feudatories of the Rashtrakutas ⓘ
independent kingdom (early period) ⓘ
precededBy early local chiefdoms in southern Karnataka ⓘ
region Karnataka ⓘ
South India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
religiousCenter Kambadahalli ⓘ
Shravanabelagola ⓘ
startTime c. 350 ⓘ
usedScript Kannada script ⓘ
Nagari script ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kadamba dynasty → influenced → Western Ganga dynasty ⓘ
Kadamba dynasty → followedBy → Western Ganga dynasty ⓘ
Kannada people → historicalKingdom → Western Ganga dynasty ⓘ
Classical period of ancient India → hasMajorDynasty → Western Ganga dynasty ⓘ
Chandragiri Hill → associatedWith → Western Ganga dynasty ⓘ
subject linked to: Chandragiri hill
Basadi on Chandragiri → associatedWith → Western Ganga dynasty ⓘ
Kangavarma → associatedWith → Western Ganga dynasty ⓘ
Amoghavarsha I → maintainedRelationsWith → Western Ganga dynasty ⓘ
Kadamba of Banavasi → followedBy → Western Ganga dynasty ⓘ