Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s16.17

c8.s16.17

Sāluva-Nṛisimha, also called Narasinga-Rāya-Oḍeyar, the most powerful noble in Karṇāṭa and Telingāna. He was general of the armies of Vijayanagar, and successfully defended it against the Muhammadans. But the influence he thus gained enabled him in 1478, in the reign of Virūpāksha, to usurp the throne. When he was thus king,¹ the Bahmani Sultān again invaded the Vijayanagar territories, and was over-running the whole country, having advanced so far as to lay siege to the strong fort of Mālūr (Kolar District). Nṛisimha took to flight, but afterwards came to terms with the Sultān, who nevertheless marched on to Kāñchī (Conjeeveram), “situated in the centre of the dominions of that malignant one,” and plundered the town and temples, which were “the wonder of the age.” Nṛisimha’s distinctive titles were—*mēdinī-mīsara-gaṇḍa* (champion over the mustaches of the world), *kaṭhāri-sāluva* (dagger falcon). He was succeeded by his son Immaḍi-Nṛisimha or Immaḍi-Narasinga-Oḍeyar, for whom the earliest date seems to be 1493.