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Chalukyas of Badami

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The Chalukya Empire was a medieval empire that ruled over most of the Deccan during the 6th-8th century.[1]

Chalukya dynasty
543–753
  Greatest extent of the Chalukya Empire, 636 AD, 740 AD
[2]
CapitalBadami
Common languagesKannada
Sanskrit
Religion
Hinduism
Buddhism[3]
Jainism
GovernmentMonarchy
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 ofIndia

References

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  1. Chopra, P.N.; Ravindran, T.K.;, Subrahmanian, N (2003). History of South India (Ancient, Medieval and Modern) Part 1. New Delhi: Chand Publications. ISBN 81-219-0153-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001). A Concise History of Karnataka: (from Pre-historic Times to the Present). Jupiter Books. p. 327.
  3. An inscription dated 1095 AD of Vikramaditya VI mentions grants to a Vihara of Buddha and Arya-Taradevi (Cousens 1926, p11)