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| title = '''Dharmamahārājadhirāja'''<br />
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| succession = King of the [[Kadamba dynasty|Kadamba Kingdom]]<br />
| reign = c. 410 - 425 CE<br />
| predecessor = [[Bhageerath]]<br />
| successor = [[Kakusthavarma]]<br />
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| house = [[Kadamba dynasty|Kadamba]]<br />
| father = Bhageerath<br />
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'''Raghu''' ({{reign|{{circa|410}}|425 CE}}{{sfn|Karashima|2014|p=369}}) was a ruler of the [[Kadamba dynasty]] in [[South India]]. He succeeded his father [[Bhageerath]] as king.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Raghu's reign seems to have involved several military undertakings, as he is said to have "subdued his enemies by his valour".<ref name = "vga">{{cite book |author1=K.A. Nilakanta Sastri |editor1-last=Majumdar |editor1-first=R.C. |editor2-last=Altekar |editor2-first=A.S. |title=The Vakataka-Gupta Age |date=2007 |publisher=Motilal Banarsi Dass |isbn=9788120800434 |page=220}}</ref> [[George M. Moraes]] interprets this to mean that Raghu quelled the rebellions of local chiefs who were eager to assert their independence after the death of King Bhageerath, as the [[Talagunda pillar inscription]] seems to imply that Raghu had to struggle to preserve the integrity of his inherited kingdom during the early years of his reign. The inscription also indicates that Raghu was a great warrior who was fond of personally partaking in battles, for it describes the king's face as being "marked with the weapons of his enemies in combat".{{sfn|Moraes|1931|pp=23–24}}<br />
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Raghu seems to have had a cordial relationship with his younger brother, [[Kakusthavarma]], who was appointed as ''Yuvaraja'' or [[Crown prince]] during his reign. Kakusthavarma seems to have held court at Palashika (present-day [[Halasi]]), from where he issued land grants.<ref name = "vga"/> The city of Palashika functioned as a secondary capital of the Kadamba kingdom, while [[Banavasi]] was the primary capital.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sastri |first1=K.A. Nilakanta |title=A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar |date=1961 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=110 |edition=Third}}</ref> Raghu probably died without any issue, as upon his death he was succeeded by Kakusthavarma.{{sfn|Moraes|1931|pp=22}}<br />
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* {{citation |last=Karashima |first=Noboru |title=A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations |year=2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-809977-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fpdVoAEACAAJ }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Moraes |first=George M. |authorlink=George M. Moraes |year=1931 |title=The Kadamba Kula, A History of Ancient and Medieval Karnataka |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22295 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=81-206-0595-0 }}<br />
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