Ruled the Gangavadi region of southern Karnataka (Mysore, Hassan, Mandya, Kolar, Bangalore) from Kolar and later Talakadu, remembered for Jain monuments including Shravanabelagola's Gomateshvara statue.
Reduced to a subordinate power under Rashtrakuta and Chola overlordship from the 10th century; effectively ended when the Cholas conquered Gangavadi around 1000-1004 CE.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Western Ganga Dynasty — the shape you scrub through changes in 350 · 600.
John Keay's acclaimed single-volume history of India places this dynasty within the sweep of the subcontinent's past.