After the death of Ravivarman, his son Harivarman succeeded to the throne. He ruled from c. 537 A.D. to 547 A.D. His feudatory Chalukya chief Pulakesin established an independent kingdom at Badami.
Harivarman was a weak ruler, who himself was defeated by Krishnavarman II ruler of the junior branch. After this the original Kadamba line was uprooted by the Chalukyas in about the middle of the sixth century A.D., Pulakesin captured the Banavasi and put the end of the Kadamba kingdom.
In this way, the Kadambas had their royal insignia which consisted the lion crest, the monkey flag and “permute”, the musical instrument. The king of this dynasty assumed the title of “Dharmamahadhirajas”. Their presiding deity was “Yayanthi-Madhukesvara.
They struck their own gold coins that resembled those of Western Chalukyas. W. Elliot writes about the coins, “The lotus mark in the centre of the coins indicates the flourishing period of their independence in thefifth and sixth centuries A.D.”