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Jayakeshi I

r. c. 1050–1080 · 11th century

Jayakeshi I was a king of the Kadamba dynasty of Goa in the 11th century, ruling as a feudatory of the Western Chalukya Empire. He moved the Kadamba capital from Chandrapura to the port of Gopakapattana on the Zuari river, which grew into a busy harbour trading with Arabia, East Africa and Gujarat. His reign marked the high point of Kadamba power on the Konkan coast.

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