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Why Maratha/Kshatriyas are considered as the Ancient rulers of North Karnataka ?
Why North Karnataka culture is similar to Maharashtra but totally different from Old Mysore Region ?
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To get the answer we need to check who were ruling north karnataka right before islamic invasion
Maratha/Kshatriya clans who ruled over North Karnataka as subordinates of Salunke/Chalukyas of Kalyani and Seuna-Jadhavraos of Deogiri
1) Shinde/Sinda = Bagalkot, Bidar, Gulbarga/Kalburgi, Yadgir, Raichur and Parts of Davanagere + Shimoga. x.com
2) Shelar/Shilahara = Bijapur, Koppal, Kurnool ( Kurnool is in Andhra now )
3) Rashtraudha/Ratta = Belgaum
4) Haihaya-Jadhav = Raichur & Kalburgi
5) Sagara Suryavanshi = Dharwad
6) Sālvi-Rane = Uttara Kannada
7) Jadhav = Gadag, Belgaum(as feudatories of Rattas)
8) Somavanshi Gutta/Gutte = Haveri and parts of Bellary.
9) Jagtāp-Chola = Bagalkot
10) Chavhan-Rane = Haveri
11) Kadam/Kadamba = Uttara kannada, Raichur, Haveri (Hangal)
Above info is based on the area where most of the inscriptions of those Maratha clans are found and which area those chiefs were ruling as mentioned in their inscription.
Note that there are no clear boundaries of their ruling area cause many districts are formed later. e.g Modern Bagalkot, Haveri, Yadgir are formed from Bijapur, Dharwad, Raichur districts respectively
It's noticeable that entire North-Eastern Karnataka was ruled by the Shinde and Shelars.
Haihaya-Jadhav, Jagtap-Cholas, Kadams of Raichur were minor feudatories under them. x.com
North-western Karnataka was ruled by Ratta/Rashtraudhas and Kadams. other minor feudatories were Salvi-Ranes, Sagara-Suryavanshis, & one Jadhav branch x.com
The Southmost part of North Karnataka was ruled by Shindes. Gadag was ruled by Masiyavadi Seuna-Jadhavrao branch. Haveri and part of Bellary were ruled by Gutta/Guttes of Guttal, Kadams of Hangal and Chavhan-Ranes x.com
That one Shinde family ruling over parts of Shimoga & Davangere were Shindes of Belgutti who were from Karad in Satara as evident from their title Karhatapuradhisvara. They were appointmented by Kalyani Salunkhe/Chalukyas to rule Belgutti. x.com
This About the Shelars of Koppal and Kurnool x.com
Now who are those Jadhavas, Shelars, Shindes, Sagara Suryavanshis, Salvis Kadams, Rattas, Chavhans etc?
They are those same 96 Kulin Bhupala Marathas mentioned in contemporary literature.
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Be it Salunke/ Chalukya or Jadhavrao empire it was always those Maratha/Kshatriya families ruling over North karnataka. This is the real reason behind the similar culture of Maharashtra and North Karnataka.
No wonder when Old Mysore filmmakers portrays the Maratha/Kshatriyas as the OG lords of North Karnataka (The Real Karnataka).
#Shelar #Shinde #Salunke #Suryawanshi #Kadam #Rane #Salvi #Chavhan #Jadhav #Ghorpade
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