Jayasimha (Vatapi Chalukya dynasty)

Jayasimha
Nṛpaḥ
Chalukya king
Reignc. 500 – c. 520
SuccessorRanaraga
DynastyChalukyas of Vatapi

Jayasimha (IAST: Jayasiṃha) was the first ruler of the Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi (modern Badami) in present-day India. He ruled the area around modern Bijapur in the early 6th century, and was the grandfather of the dynasty's first sovereign ruler, Pulakeshin I.