Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s16.32

c8.s16.32

But Rāma-Rāja himself wielded the chief power in the State, and is called the ruler of the great Karṇāṭa kingdom The descent of this dynasty, who call themselves kings of Karṇāṭa or Karṇāṭaka, is elaborately traced back (as in Tm 1) to the Lunar line, through Yayāti and Puru. In that race was Bharata, in whose line was Santanu, fourth from whom was Vijaya, whose son was Abhimanyu, whose son was Parīkshit. Eighth from him was Nanda, ninth from whom was Chālikka, seventh from whom was Rāja-Narēndra. Tenth from him was Bijjalēndra, third in whose line was Vīra-Hemmāḍi-Rāya, who prostrated himself before Murāri (Vishnu), and was lord of Māyāpuri. Fourth from him was Tāta-Pinnama, whose son Sōma-Dēva took from the enemy seven hill-forts in one day. His son was Rāghava-Dēvarāṭ, whose son was Pinnama. He was lord of Araviṭi-nagari and had a son Bukka, who assisted in firmly establishing even the kingdom of Sāluva-Nṛisimha. Bukka’s wife was Ballāmbikā, and their son was Rāma-Rāja. He gained a victory over Sapāda’s army of 70,000 horse, took the hill-fort of Ādavani (Adoni), and driving away Kāsappuḍaya, captured Kandana-vōli-durga (Kurnool), and owing to his faith drank with impunity the water from the feet of Hari there, although his kinsmen had put poison into it. His son, by Lakshmyāmbikā, was Śrī-Ranga-Rāya, whose wife Tirumalāmbikā bore to him three sons—Rāma-Rāja, Tirumala-Rāya, and Vēṅkaṭapati.