Ravivarma

At the time of his father’s death Ravivarma was still a boy. So Mandhatavarma, son of Kumaravarma the king of Uchhangi branch, looked after the kingdom. It seems ambitious Mandhatavarma must have become too powerful for Ravivarma’s comfort. But Mandhatavarma died without an issue after a rule at only a few years. This helped Ravivarma to gain his right easily and he extended the frontiers of his kingdom to the banks of river Narmada. However, he was not an experienced administrator. Vishnuvarma, a king of another Kadamba branct at Triparvata tried to take advantage of this. He invaded Ravivarma’s kingdom with the help of Pallava king Chandadanda Shanthivarma. In the battle. Vishnuvarma was killed.
Ravivarma then conquered the Ganga king Avanitha also. Ravivarma’s valour has been prised in the Halasi inscription. He was a patron of saints and scholars. B. L. Rice is of the opinion that with his death his wife committed Sati. He was succeeded by Harivarma. He issued an inscription in the eigth year of his region and Panchamukhi thinks that it was inscribed in 526 A.D. This means he must have come to the throne some where in 518-519 A.D. In 530 A.D. krishnavarma II, son of Simhavarma of Uchhangi branch conquered Harivarma and occupied Banavasi. This ended the lineage of Shanthivarma and his brother Krishnavarma’s descendants who ruled the Kadamba kingdom with Banavasi as their capial.
But his reign did not last long. In the meanwhile the Chalukyas who had bwecome powerful, conquered the Kadambas Vishnuvarma II, Abhayavarma, Bhogivarma and others who followed were not able to get out of the subordination to the Chalukyas. In 10th century A.D. Kadamba branches were seen at Goa, Hangal and Chandavara, who were respectively called Kadambas of goa, hangal and Chandavara. They were actually principalities under Chalukyas of kalyani and they continued in the same status in Karnataka upto about 14th century.