The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.545

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In the latter part of Vikrama's reign his dominions were invaded by a prince of the Hoysaḷa branch of the Yâdava family reigning at Dvârasamudra, the modern Haḷebîḍ in Maisur; and with him were associated the kings of the Pâṇḍya country, Goa, and Konkan. This Hoysaḷa prince must have been Viṣhṇuvardhana, the younger brother of Ballâḷa and the grandson of Vinayâditya, who first brought the dynasty into prominence. For in the inscription of Vîra Ballâḷa, the grandson of Viṣhṇuvardhana, at Gaddaka, Viṣhṇuvardhana is represented to have overrun the whole country between his capital