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History.—The ancient name of the town of Belgaum was Venugrama, which is said to be derived from the bamboos that are characteristic of its neighbourhood. The most ancient See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the district is Halsi; and this, according to See also:

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions on See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper plates discovered in its neighbourhood, was once the See also:

capital of a See also:

DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty of nine Kadamba See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings. It appears that from the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 6th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D. to about 76o the country was held by the Chalukyas, who were succeeded by the Rashtrakutas. After the break-up of the See also:

RASHTRAKUTA

Rashtrakuta See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power a portion of it survived in the Rattas (875-1250), who from 1210 onward made Venugrama their capital. Inscriptions give See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of a See also:

long struggle between the Rattas and the Kadambas of See also:

Goa, who succeeded in the latter years of the 12th century in acquiring and holding See also:

PART

part of the district. By 1208, however, the Kadambas had been overthrown by the Rattas, who in their turn succumbed to the Yadavas of Devagiri in 1250.

After the overthrow of the Yadavas by the See also:

DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor (1320), Belgaum was for a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

time under the See also:

RULE

rule of the latter; but only a few years later the part south of the Ghatprabha was subject to the See also:

HINDU

Hindu rajas of See also:

VIJAYANAGAR, or BIJANAGAR (" the city of victory ")

Vijayanagar. In 1347 the See also:

NORTHERN

northern part was conquered by the Bahmani dynasty, which in 1473 took the town of Belgaum and conquered the southern part also. When Aurungzeb overthrew the See also:

BIJAPUR

Bijapur sultans in 1686, Belgaum passed to the Moguls. In 1776 the country was overrun by Hyder See also:

Ali, but was retaken by the See also:

PESHWA (Persian for " leader," " guide ")

Peshwa with British assistance. In 1818 it was handed over to the East India See also:

COMPANY

Company and was made part of the district of See also:

DHARWAR

Dharwar. In 1836 this was divided into two parts, the southern district continuing to be known as Dharwar, the northern as Belgaum. See See also:

Imp. Gazetteer of India (See also:

Oxford, ed. 1908), S.V.

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