The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c6.s5.4

c6.s5.4

Bijjala, who had removed his capital from Aṇṇigeri to Kalyāṇa, was succeeded by his son Sōmēśvara, who was, in turn, followed by Saṅkama, his younger brother, with whom the other brothers were associated in the government. But the Chālukya family was not yet extinct, for we find that Sōmēśvara IV., son of Taila III., had gathered sufficient support in the southern districts, during the dissensions at Kalyāṇa, to re-establish Chālukya control for a short period longer. His last date, as given in the inscriptions, is A.D. 1189, and nothing is known of him after that. The next inscriptions, in chronological order, are those of Ballala of the Hoysaḷa family, which range between A.D. 1192 and 1211, which are found, not only in Maisur, but at many places in the Dhārwār district as far north as Gadag and Aṇṇigeri. About the time the Hoysaḷas were encroaching upon the southern districts, the Yādavas of Dēvagiri, on the north, were extending their borders southwards.