The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s16.109

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and is in the month Pausha, falling in December, A. D. 1159, of the Pramâlin samvatsara, Saka-Samvat 1081 (expired). A later date for him, probably in the month Vaisâkha (April-May), falling in A. D. 1169, of Saka-Samvat 1091 (expired) is furnished by an inscription at Sattûru.¹ The earlier of these dates falls in the period when the possession of the Western Châlukya kingdom was in dispute between Taila III. and Bijjala; and it is very likely that the Hoysala prince was then practically independent: the later date falls in the reign of Bijjala's son Sôvidêva. He is said to have carried his standards as far north as the peaks of Dêvagiri,² which is possible, if he was employed as a general, under one of the Western Châlukya or the Kalachurya kings, against the then growing power of the Yâdavas of Sênnadêsa; but the statement remains to be verified. And he is described as "as the taker of Talakâd, Kongu, Nangali, Nolambavâdi, Banavâsi, and Hanumgal;"³ this, however, plainly rests entirely upon the successes of his father, as the records indicate nothing necessitating a fresh reduction of those places by Narasimha himself.⁴ An important officer under him was the Mahâpradhâna, Sarvâdhikârin, Hirîya-Bhandâri, and Dandandyaka, Hulla, Hullapa or Hullamayya,⁵ who has been already mentioned⁶ as one of three special promoters of the Jain religion. Another record mentions the Mahâpradhâna, Sarvâdhikârin, and Sénâdhipati, the Danda-nayaka Lakmaya, with the date of A. D. 1169.