[Goanet] KADAMBA DYNASTY HISTORY
Just to recap on the Final days of Kadamba History: Ibn Battuta (b. Tangier, Morocco 1304-1377), the fourteenth-century Arab traveller, in his chronicles records that a family feud between ‘father and son’ invited the Nawab Jamal-ud-din of Honavar to invade Goa in 1344. This he apparently refers to one of the sons of Kadamba king Biradeva (1328-1345), who wrote to the Nawab Jamaluddin of Honavar inviting him to seize Sindabur, i.e.: Chandrapura (where Biradeva's crowned prince was assisting in administering the city while Biradeva and his other son were stationed at Govapura), promising that he would embrace Islam and marry the Nawab's sister. Jamaluddin, accordingly equipped a fleet of 52 sailing vessels to attack Gopaka. On Battuta expressing his wish to join the expedition, was made commander of the fleet under Jamaluddin’s supervision. However, Jamaluddin, instead of attacking Chandrapura, attacks Gopaura/Gopaka (sometime after monsoon in 1344) forcing the king to flee to Chandrapura and from there Biradeva mounts a counter attack and is successful in evicting Jamaluddin from Govapura/Gopaka. Yet, urged by the second son the conspirator, next year, October 16, 1345 Jamaludding mounts a second attack, perhaps simultaneously on Goapura and Chandrapura. By this time, Biradeva had died and his young son Suriyadeva was newly crowned. On the midnight of October 16, 1435, it is said Jamaluddin mounted a two pronged attack simultaneously on Gopapura (Gove-Goa Velha) and Chandrapura (Chandor) in which the newly crowned young king Siriyadeva was slain (as per oral tradition of 'internal conspiracy', by his own Chardo palace guards who slew the king with his own royal sword) and with him all the male members of the Kadamba family were killed. It is not very clear if Suriyadeva was killed at Chandrapura or at Gove. His young queen was away at her father's palace at Hangal. Family tradition has it that a messenger was sent to bring her back, and she hurried and arrived at Chandrapura on 18th October, 1345 (Moraes in his 'Kadamba Kula' says the queen who was away, arrived few days later) and only then she came to know of the treachery and the death of her husband. Prior to her arrival, all the females of the Royal court had ground their jewellry, tossed the powder in the river and jumped after, and had killed themselves. The distraught queen broke her bangles on the stone in front of the Santiago Chapel on the Chandor Cotta Kadamba gate and dusting her heels (three or four times) because she did not even want to carry the dust of the wretched city of Chandor on her feet, uttered her famous curse and was secretly escorted to Jayakeshi I Royal compound at Villiapura (modern Velim) and lived there in secrecy guarded by her loyal black smith subjects. Later she was joined by her father and nephew whom she adopted as her son and heir and this way the Hangal and Goa Kadamba lineage continued and extant to this day. MD From: Ujwala S Sawant Subject: [Goanet] why Shivaji Jayanti??? Here important videos on Goan history, the Kadamba dynasty history: very interesting, keep watching Goans around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KosShFvaw1M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6q3y17LK80
[Goanet] Kadamba Dynasty
If you have any liittle historical information with respect to thiis writing kindly share with me. Siyona [Goanet] Kadamba Dynasty [Goanet]Kadamba Dynasty 12th century Kadamba Jayakesi I, Velliapura site in present day Velim, South Goa . There is lot of information translated by Kannada l... View on www.mail-archive.com Preview by Yahoo [Goanet] Kadamba Dynasty 12th century Kadamba Jayakesi I, Velliapura site in present day Velim, South Goa . There is lot of information translated by Kannada l... View on www.mail-archive.com Preview by Yahoo [Goanet] Kadamba Dynasty [Goanet] Kadamba Dynasty 12th century Kadamba Jayakesi I, Velliapura site in present day Velim, South Goa . There is lot of information translated by Kannada l... View on www.mail-archive.com Preview by Yahoo Jeffery S. Nunes Wed, 09 Apr 2014 06:35:04 -0700 12th century Kadamba Jayakesi I, Velliapura site in present day Velim, South Goa . There is lot of information translated by Kannada language experts from ancient stone inscriptions on Velliapura of which they themselves don’t know the whereabouts of this place, as this place being under Portuguese for 451 years is almost foreign to them. Very little information about Velliapura is written by world renowned Historian George M. Moraes in Kadamba Kula, the history of Ancient and Medieval Karnataka as he never came across the 'coterie'. This place is very well known to small number of members of the Coterie who come across the ghats to Velliapura Jayakesi site present day Velim every year as pilgrim and link Roque Santana ancestors as the descendant of Hangal section of this ancient family so as a search for this link as to why this pilgrims who come to pay homage to this ancient place call themselves as 'Pilgrims'? and If this site belongs to Jayakesi of Goa, why the family living in it is linked to the descendants of Hangal?. As gathered from the available resource that the Kadamba sovereigns were hailed as 'Kadambarasa' meaning supreme or Gods or Godly or sovereign therefore the members of this coterie call themselves as pilgrims. The inscription stones in kannada found at Velim site tell that descendant of Jayakesi of Goa, Suriya-Deva'1345CE slain-ed sovereign of Chandrapura ' his wife 'Vinomaih-devi' was the daughter of 'Kadambarasa of Hangal', Purandara-Deva, died and was cremated in Velliapura by her nephew Jayesha, grandson of Purandara of Hangal. According to Haliyal stone inscription this same Jayesha founded a small timber business in Haliyal, over the centuries family owned and operated this business which was only source of income for them and their workers by hereditary who call themselves as coterie, was confiscated by the British Governor George Harris in 1840's and most of this pilgrims are the descendants of those workers . According to their resource after the 1345 massacre the surviving Queen 'Vinomaih devi' moved away from the furious Mohammedans in Chandrapura present day Chandor and was taken into hiding in this royal compound by the foothills of Velliapura by the kingdoms blacksmiths, her father and brother joined her sometime thereafter. After their death the descendants were converted to Nazrani Christianity for fear of Muslims from there on they are in possession and actually still lives here on this historical site. therefore they hold that the family living in Velliapura site are the descendants of Purandarai of Hangal. Jayakesi I son of Shashtha-Deva was a very powerful ruler, 12 century copper carvings tell us that princes and lords from neighbouring kingdoms traveled in to Chandrapur present day Chandor to pay homage to Jayakesi who was the Sovereign of Konkan. Velliapura viragal tell that Jayakesi I himself in a battle with his rival to retain this place Velliapura won a decisive victory, which was his southern capital, three horses stables and few officials residences were destroyed in the battle according to the Kannada version the days following the victory the wives of the commanding officers or soldiers celebrated in the royal compound by lighting and floating ‘ponti’ in the royal pond ‘Toloai’ in front of the capital building. According to Portuguese record of 1922, a complaint was filed with the Portuguese ‘Regdor’ by the ancestors of Roque Santana following the excavation of that toloai. The Coterie has always objects to the family members contesting direct elections in present day Democratic setup saying it is of the people, by the people and for the people and this family is not, In1962 they objected to Roque Santan contesting the first ever election in Goa, earlier they hailed his 'Satyagraha' to bring Democracy to the people of Goa. I first visited 12th century Kadamba Jayakesi I, Velliapura, site in Sept of 2006, the compoun
[Goanet] Kadamba Dynasty
12th century Kadamba Jayakesi I, Velliapura site in present day Velim, South Goa . There is lot of information translated by Kannada language experts from ancient stone inscriptions on Velliapura of which they themselves don’t know the whereabouts of this place, as this place being under Portuguese for 451 years is almost foreign to them. Very little information about Velliapura is written by world renowned Historian George M. Moraes in Kadamba Kula, the history of Ancient and Medieval Karnataka as he never came across the 'coterie'. This place is very well known to small number of members of the Coterie who come across the ghats to Velliapura Jayakesi site present day Velim every year as pilgrim and link Roque Santana ancestors as the descendant of Hangal section of this ancient family so as a search for this link as to why this pilgrims who come to pay homage to this ancient place call themselves as 'Pilgrims'? and If this site belongs to Jayakesi of Goa, why the family living in it is linked to the descendants of Hangal?. As gathered from the available resource that the Kadamba sovereigns were hailed as 'Kadambarasa' meaning supreme or Gods or Godly or sovereign therefore the members of this coterie call themselves as pilgrims. The inscription stones in kannada found at Velim site tell that descendant of Jayakesi of Goa, Suriya-Deva'1345CE slain-ed sovereign of Chandrapura ' his wife 'Vinomaih-devi' was the daughter of 'Kadambarasa of Hangal', Purandara-Deva, died and was cremated in Velliapura by her nephew Jayesha, grandson of Purandara of Hangal. According to Haliyal stone inscription this same Jayesha founded a small timber business in Haliyal, over the centuries family owned and operated this business which was only source of income for them and their workers by hereditary who call themselves as coterie, was confiscated by the British Governor George Harris in 1840's and most of this pilgrims are the descendants of those workers . According to their resource after the 1345 massacre the surviving Queen 'Vinomaih devi' moved away from the furious Mohammedans in Chandrapura present day Chandor and was taken into hiding in this royal compound by the foothills of Velliapura by the kingdoms blacksmiths, her father and brother joined her sometime thereafter. After their death the descendants were converted to Nazrani Christianity for fear of Muslims from there on they are in possession and actually still lives here on this historical site. therefore they hold that the family living in Velliapura site are the descendants of Purandarai of Hangal. Jayakesi I son of Shashtha-Deva was a very powerful ruler, 12 century copper carvings tell us that princes and lords from neighbouring kingdoms traveled in to Chandrapur present day Chandor to pay homage to Jayakesi who was the Sovereign of Konkan. Velliapura viragal tell that Jayakesi I himself in a battle with his rival to retain this place Velliapura won a decisive victory, which was his southern capital, three horses stables and few officials residences were destroyed in the battle according to the Kannada version the days following the victory the wives of the commanding officers or soldiers celebrated in the royal compound by lighting and floating ‘ponti’ in the royal pond ‘Toloai’ in front of the capital building. According to Portuguese record of 1922, a complaint was filed with the Portuguese ‘Regdor’ by the ancestors of Roque Santana following the excavation of that toloai. The Coterie has always objects to the family members contesting direct elections in present day Democratic setup saying it is of the people, by the people and for the people and this family is not, In1962 they objected to Roque Santan contesting the first ever election in Goa, earlier they hailed his 'Satyagraha' to bring Democracy to the people of Goa. I first visited 12th century Kadamba Jayakesi I, Velliapura, site in Sept of 2006, the compound gates were secured when I inquired with the neighbours they directed me to a man who was looking after the house, he had given me the email address of Roque Santana as (roquesan...@legislator.com). I had written to Mr.Roque Santana seeking an appointment at this site in Velim to which he replied to me that at that time he was in NY and he will get back to me when he returns to Velim, It was very sad to read the news from the news papers of his sudden untimely demise. A year later I wrote to his daughter Maria Suhashini in London she gave me the London based house address of Venkatesha Upadhiaya who was member of the Coterie he never replied to me, I wrote to one of his sons in USA but no reply. People in Velim had told me that the Portuguese installed road side direction stone leading to the site went missing or destroyed in late 60’s and were never replaced by the Archaeological survey of India. It is important that the family or well wishers co-op
