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Konganivarman Madhava, the founding king of the…

340 CE – 351 CE Maritime South Asia

Konganivarman Madhava, the founding king of the Karnataka region’s Western Ganga dynasty, makes Kolar his capital around 350.

There is controversy as to whether the Western Gangas were an independent kingdom or a feudatory to the Pallavas during the early decades of their rule from Kolar.

Like their contemporaries, the Kadambas of Banavasi, the Western Gangas also may have taken advantage of the confusion caused by the campaigns of Samudragupta in South India and created an independent kingdom.