The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t28: Hoysala Dynasty

The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t28

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Hoysala Dynasty

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Capital Dorasamudra or Halebid in Mysore. Rose to great power on the decline of the Western Chalukya kingdom. They claimed to belong to the Yadava stock.

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1. Nripakama ‘Rachamalla-Permanadi’ 1022—(?) 1040

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2. Vinayaditya. ‘Tribhuvanamalla’, ‘Bittiga’. c. 1040-1100 Md. Kalayabbe. Feudatory of W. Chalukya Vikramaditya VI.

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3. Ballala I (?) 1100-1106. Md. Padmala, Chavala and Boppa. Defeated Santara Jagaddeva.

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4. Vishnuvardhana C. 1106-1141. ‘Bitti’, ‘Vikrama-Ganga. Md. Santala and Lakshmi. ‘Bhujabala- Ganga’, ‘Tribhuvanamalla’. Captured Talakad 1116. Drove Cholas out of Mysore.

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5. Narasimha I. 1141-1173. ‘Jagadekamalla’. Md. Echaladevi.

6. Ballala II. Crowned July 22, 1173. Died (?) 1220. ‘Tribhuvanamalla’, ‘Sanivarasiddhi’, ‘Giridurgamalla’. Seized Uchchangi, and captured and restored its governor Kama-deva. Seized some Kalachuri territories, 1183.

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7. Narasimha II. 1220—(?) 1234-5 Md. Kalaladevi and Padmaladevi. Rescued Rajaraja Chola III from imprisonment by Pallava Perunjinga, and restored him.

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8. Somesvara, or Soyi-deva. (?) 1234-5 to 1254. Was at Kannanur in 1228, and made it his residence, Md. Bijjala and Devala (a Chalukya princess).

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By Bijjala.

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9. Narasimha III. 1254-1291. Kingdom divided. He reigned in the north. Drove back the Devagiri-Yadavas.

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Dau. Ponnambala.

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By Devala.

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10. Ramanatha. 1255-1295. Reigned in the south. Md. Kamaladevi, a Ganga princess.

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11. Ballala III. Crowned Jan. 31, 1292. Died Sept. 8, 1342. Reunited the kingdom. Dorasamudra sacked by Malik Kafur 1310, and destroyed by Muhammad Tughlak 1327. Killed by Ghiyasu-d-din Sultan of Madura, 1342.

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Soma

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Mallideva

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Visvanatha. He was ousted by Ballala III.

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Manjayya-Maguttar

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12. Ballala IV alias Virupaksha crowned Aug. 11, 1343. He had no real power, and his country fell to the strength of the Vijayanagar kings.

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Tipparasa-Bhairava.

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NOTES—4. Vishnuvardhana is stated in inscriptions to have (i) conquered the Kerala king and seized the Nilagiri Hills; (ii) defeated Narasimha, Adiyama, Jagaddeva (? Santara chief); (iii) Defeated Irungola Chola (? of Nidugal, q. v.); (iv) defeated Santara Jayakesin; (v) ‘defied’ the Western Chalukyas.
5. Narasimha I was said to be reigning on May 3, 1173 (E. C. v, Hn. 154); but another inscription, whose date is not perfect, dates his death as on Jan. 15, 1170 (E. C. vii, Ci. 36).

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6. *Ballāḷa II* was alive early in A.D. 1220 (*E. C. ix, Ma. 77*). He seems to have lost much territory N. of the Tungabhadra river to the Dēvagiri-Yādavas.

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7. *Narasimha II* reigning in April 1220 and was crowned on the 16th (*E. C. v, Bl. 85; vii, Ci, 72; v, Cn. 172*).

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8. *Sōmēśvara's* accession was in the year following June 15, 1234 (*E. C. vi, Tk. 87*). He was at Kaṇṇanūr on March 15, 1238, when Yuva-Rāja (*E. C. iii, Nj. 36*). A record of Jaṭāvarman Sundara Pāṇḍya (1251–1268) says that he drove Sōmēśvara out of Kaṇṇanūr (*E. I. iii, 7*).

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9. *Narasimha III*. There is a record of his of date = Nov. 26, 1254 (*E. C. v, Bl. 125*).

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10. *Rāmanātha* is recognized as king, in his portion of the kingdom, in inscriptions which shew his accession to have taken place between June 15 and July 12, 1255 (*E. C. vi. Mb. 100; Bp. 23*). He recovered possession of Kaṇṇanūr shortly after the beginning of his reign, for an inscription of his at that place bears date = January 24, 1257.

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11. *Ballāḷa III* was crowned on January 31, 1292 (*E. C. vi. Cm. 36*). His death at the hands of Ghiyāsu-d-din took place on September 8, 1342, he being then 80 years of age (*E. C. vi. Kd. 75*). Before his coronation he was reigning for some months (*E. C. vi. Kd. 49; ix. Kn. 64*). Ibn Batuta relates his tragic end, how he was put to death and his skin stuffed with straw and exposed to the public. Two records shew him alive on July 3 and September 5, 1342 (*E. C. ix. Bm. 21; Dv. 21*).