The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t18: Changāḷva Chiefs
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t18
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Changāḷva Chiefs
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They ruled at Nañjarāyapaṭṭaṇa, on the Kāvēri river in Coorg, and afterwards at Periyāpāṭṭaṇa, west of Mysore city (See *Rice in E. C. iv, Introd. 16*; and *‘Coorg Inscriptions,’ Introd., 13*). They were subordinate to the Hoysaḷa kings.
c9.s2.t18.2
Nanni-Changāḷva, alias ‘Rājēndra-Chōḷa.’ Md. Padmalādēvī. A.D. 1034, 1037, 1058, 1077. Mādēvaṇṇa. 1089–90. Kulōttunga-Chōḷa Changāḷva Udayāditya. 1097, 1114. Kulōttunga-Chōḷa Mahādēva, alias Pemma-Virappa. Inscriptions from 1173 to 1186. Kulōttunga-Chōḷa Sōmadēva Boppadēva. 1246, 1252. Mallidēva. 1280. Hariharadēva. 1296, 1298. (Unfilled break of about a century. Then ——).
c9.s2.t18.4
In A.D. 1641 Vira Rāja’s capital Piriyāpāṭṭaṇa was seized by the king of Mysore Kaṇṭhīrava Narasa Rāja. After a vain defence Vira Rāja killed his own wives and children and then was himself killed fighting.