Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s11.19

c8.s11.19

His younger brother, the distinguished Vikramāditya or Vikramānka, also a Ganga on the mother’s side, next came to the throne. He set aside the Śaka era and established a new one, called the Chālukya Vikrama era, from the beginning of his rule. It is in this reign that we have the inscriptions giving an account of the origin and genealogy of the Gangas (Nr 35, Sh 64, 4, etc.). The king appointed as Yuvarāja his half-brother Jayasingha, the son of a Pallava mother, and called Vīra-Nolamba-Pallava (Sk 297). In 1074 the latter has the epithet aṇṇa-niśśīmam (Cd 82), which may mean either that his elder brother placed no restraint upon him, or that he had unbounded confidence in him. In 1080 he was on the most affectionate terms with his brother (Sk 297). He was ruling the Banavase and other provinces, all the lands as far as the southern ocean, in 1079 and 1080 (Sk 109, 293, 297). The last two contain a record of his exploits. The king was residing at Etagiri in 1077 and 1078 (Sk 124, 135), and his valour is extolled, especially in victory over Chōla and Lāla. From 1106 the Pāṇḍyas of Uchchangi became the rulers under him of the Nolambavāḍi and other provinces (Dg 139, Hl 68). Tribhuvanamalla Pāṇḍya is said in Dg 155 of 1124 to be Vīra-Nolamba’s younger brother. He may have been related by marriage. He had the seat of his government at Beltūr (Bettūr near Dāvangere) and he claims (Dg 139) to be the emperor’s right hand, and (Dg 3) to have made important conquests for him. The Hoysalas were in power in Gaṅgavāḍi, but in SB 45 and 59 a spirited account is given of a night attack made on Vikrama’s army by the Hoysala general Gaṅga Rāja, at Kannegāla, and the Hoysalas soon assumed independence. Sāntalige was being governed by the Sāntaras, and feudatory Chōla chiefs ruled the territory on the north-east (Cl 43).