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{{Infobox country<br />
| conventional_long_name = Chahamanas of Shakambhari<br />
| common_name = Chahamanas of Shakambhari<br />
| year_start = 7th century<br />
| year_end = 18th century<br />
| event_end =<br />
| capital = [[Humcha]] & [[Kalasa]]<br />
| government_type = Monarchy<br />
| p1 = <br />
| p2 = <br />
| s1 = Nayakas of Keladi<br />
| s2 = <br />
| religion = [[Jainism]]<br />
| today = [[Karnataka]]<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:Gomateshwara Statue, Karkala.jpg|thumb|The Monolith of Bahubali in Karkala was erected by a ruler of the Santara-Bhairarasa dynasty in 1432 C.E.]]<br />
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'''Santara''' or '''Bhairarasa'''<ref group=Note>Alternate forms of the dynasty's name include '''Santha''', '''Santa''', '''Santhara'''. They kings of the dynasty also attached titles like '''Pandya''' and '''Odeya''' to their names.</ref> is a medieval ruling dynasty of [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref name="Chavan">{{cite book|last1=Chavan|first1=Shakuntala Prakash|title=Jainism in Southern Karnataka Up to AD 1565|date=2005|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=9788124603154|pages=181–183|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zn_XAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> The area covered by their kingdom included territories in the [[Malenadu]] region as well as the [[Kanara|coastal districts]] of Karnataka.<ref name="PrabhuGanesh">{{cite web|last1=Prabhu|first1=Ganesh|title=Karkala gears up for `Mahamastakabhisheka'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/02/04/stories/2002020400820400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020322112148/http://thehindu.com/2002/02/04/stories/2002020400820400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 March 2002|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=2002-02-04|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> Their kingdom had two capitals. [[Karkala]] in the coastal plains and [[Kalasa]] in the [[Western ghats]]. Hence the territory they ruled was also known as the '''Kalasa-Karkala''' kingdom. The Santaras were [[Jainism|Jains]] and had matrimonial relations with the [[Shaivism|Saivite]] [[Alupa dynasty|Alupa royal family]].<ref name="PrabhuGanesh" /> The Santaras became the feudatories of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] after its rise. During this period, the Santara ruler Veera Pandya Bhairarasa erected the monolith of [[Bahubali]] in [[Karkala]].<ref name="PrabhuGanesh" /> The dynasty passed into oblivion after invasions by the [[Nayakas of Keladi]] and later by [[Hyder Ali]]<br />
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==Origins==<br />
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''Jinadatta Raya'' or ''Jindutt Rai'', a Jain prince from [[Mathura]] in Northern India was the supposed founder of the dynasty.<ref name="Jaganathan">{{cite web|last1=Jaganathan|first1=Rijutha|title=Humcha's Jain heritage|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/629199/humchas-jain-heritage.html|website=www.deccanherald.com|publisher=Deccan Herald|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> He is said to have migrated to the town of [[Humcha]] with an idol of the Jain deity [[Padmavati (Jainism)|Padmavati]] laying the foundation of the kingdom in Humcha. He also built the [[Humcha Jain temples]].<br />
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[[Edgar Thurston]] mentions that the Bhairarasas or Santaras were among the powerful [[Bunt (community)|Bunt]]<ref>[[Edgar Thurston|Thurston, Edgar]]; [[K. Rangachari]] (1909). [[Castes and Tribes of Southern India]] Volume 1.[https://archive.org/stream/castestribesofso01thuriala#page/152/mode/2up Pg. 152] Madras: Government Press</ref> chiefs who seem to have exercised control over a greater part of the [[Tulu Nadu|Tuluva]] country before the rise of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]]. The dynasty founded by Jinadatta appears to have split into two branches by the 12 century C.E. One branch being stationed in [[Kalasa]] and another in Hosagunda of [[Shimoga district]]. Gradually these branches shifted their capitals to Keravashe and [[Karkala]] both in the old [[South Canara]] district.<br />
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The Santaras built a number of Jain monuments and were responsible for the spread of Jainism in the [[Tulu Nadu]] and [[Malenadu]] region of Karnataka.<ref name="Chavan" /> They donated two villages for maintenance of Jain monks at ''Panchakuta basadi'' at Nagar taluq of [[Shimoga district]].{{sfn|Ram Bhushan Prasad Singh|2008|p=83}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{citation |last=Singh |first=Ram Bhushan Prasad |title=Jainism in Early Medieval Karnataka |url={{Google books|JtWGm4E4qZIC|plainurl=yes}} |year=2008 |orig-year=1975 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |isbn=978-81-208-3323-4 |ref={{sfnref|Ram Bhushan Prasad Singh|2008}} }}<br />
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