Kadam (clan)

Kardam, also Kadam or Kadamba, is a Kshatriya Maratha clan found in the Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Goa states of India. They are said to have originated from a Saka or Scythian tribe, which was at one time a ruling dynasty in south Central Asia (modern Afghanistan) The Kadams are the first Hindu Kshatriya Kings who ruled Afghanisthan.

Origin : Suryavansha alias Solar clan, descended from the Suryavanshi arya king Kadam Original kingdom: Kedar meaning Shankar(Kandahar in present-day Afghanistan), Second kingdom: Vanwas (Banavasi in Karnataka), Third kingdom: Palshika (Halasi in Karnataka), Fourth kingdom: Gopapattan (Goa), Colour of sign, canopy, horse and throne: Red clour, Heraldic sign (Nishan): Sun on flagpole, Clan goddess (Kuladaivat): Tulja Bhavani.

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• Sumit Guha (1999). Environment and ethnicity in India, 1200-1991. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-64078-7. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
• R. C. Majumdor (1977). The History and Culture of the Indian People: The Maratha Supremacy. 8. Bhāratiya Vidya Bhavan. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
• Mānekshāh Sorābshāh Commissariat (1938). A history of Gujarat: including a survey of its chief architectural monuments and inscriptions. Longmans, Green & co., ltd. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
• Nana Phadnis; Antaji Nankeshvar (1984). The Decade of Panipat, 1751-61. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-0-86132-112-4. Retrieved 20 May 2011.