Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s11.18

c8.s11.18

His eldest son Sōmēśvara II Bhuvanaikamalla succeeded to the throne. He was a Ganga on his mother’s side, and had as minister the powerful Ganga prince Udayāditya. The latter was governor of the Gangavāḍi, Banavase, and Sāntalige provinces from 1070 (Sk 109) to 1075, and had the seat of his government at Balligāve (Sk 130). The king himself made his chief residence at Bankāpura (Sk 129, 128). He was attacked at the beginning of his reign by the Chōla king Vīra Chōla, who was put to flight. He then formed three provinces, extending from coast to coast, to protect himself against Chōla invasions. These were Banavase, Nolamba-Sindavāḍi, and a territory beginning (it says) at Alampura. This last may be a place to the south of the mouth of the Pālār river. The three were placed respectively in charge of the viceroys Lakshmana, Vikrama-Nolamba, and the Ganga maṇḍalika, perhaps Udayāditya (Sk 136).