Video narration
Why remember the Kadambas beyond a list of old kings? Seeing your language on a school sign makes it visible in public life. In the fourth century, Mayurasharma founded their kingdom at Banavasi. Under Kakusthavarma, Kadamba power reached its height. Then the story shifts from rulers to a written trace: the Halmidi inscription, among the earliest known Kannada inscriptions, dates to the Kadamba period. The Kadambas matter: they built an early kingdom at Banavasi, linked to Kannada's written history.