History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c14.77

c14.77

With Nripatunga or Aparājita, the main line of the Pallava kings appears to have come to an end. But, however, a branch of them known as the Noḷambas claiming descent from Tṛnayana-Pallava continued to exercise sovereignty at Noḷambavāḍi-thirty-two thousand. This region comprised the modern Bellary District and portions of Mysore. Here, as the records show, the Noḷamba chiefs continued in power as late as the thirteenth century A.D. The Hēmāvati Pillar inscription, which gives a genealogy of the Noḷambas, mentions that they belonged to the Īśvaravamsa and enumerates the names of several kings of this line. These include Mangala, Simhapota, Charuponnēra, Nanniga, Anniga, and Dilipa. Brief accounts of these are given in L. Rice's Mysore and Coorg from Inscriptions.¹