The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s18.273

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And at the time of the winter solstice, in December, A.D. 1189, of the Saumya saṁvatsara, Śaka-Saṁvat 1111 (expired), as a feudatory of the Western Châlukya king Sômêśvara IV., the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Kâmadêva, also called Kâvatlêva and Tailamana-aṅkakâra or "the warrior or champion of Tailama," was ruling the Banavâsi twelve-thousand, the Pânuṁgal five-hundred, and the Puligere, i.e. Lakshmêshwar, three-hundred; after subjugating the Male and Tulu countries, the Koṅkaṇ, and the Western Ghauts.¹ His wife was Kêtaladêvî. There are two other records of Kâmadêva at Hâṅgal.² One of them³ is dated in the Anala or Nala saṁvatsara (Śaka-Saṁvat 1119 current), = A.D. 1196-97, which is cited as the sixteenth year of his rule; thus giving the Plava saṁvatsara, Ś.-S. 1104 current, = A.D. 1181-82, as his initial date. This inscription is on a virgal or monumental tablet, the sculptures on which are a very vivid representation of battle-scenes. It is dated in the month Âśvina (Sept.-Oct.), falling in A.D. 1196. And it records that the Hoysala king Vîra-Ballâḷa II. had come and pitched his camp at the Ânekere tank,—the large tank on the west side of Hâṅgal,—and was besieging the city. He was defeated, and repulsed for the time, by Kâmadêva's forces under his general Sôhaṇi, who, however, was killed in the battle. But he seems to have soon afterwards completely subjugated the Kâdambas and annexed their territory. There are inscriptions at Sâtêṅhaḷḷi, in the Kôḍ tâluka,⁴ which shew that Kâmadêva was still fighting against the Hoysala forces in the month Chaitra (March-April), falling in A.D. 1203, of the Rudhirôdgarin saṁvatsara (Ś.-S. 1126 current); but, what became of him after that date, is not known.