[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909) › c8.s5.12 # Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s5.12 Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s5.12 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5.12) He was succeeded by Kiṟiya Mādhava, the son of Daḍiga, born in Kōlāla, who seems to have been not at all eager to fill a throne, as he is said to have assumed the honours of the kingdom only for the sake of the good government of his subjects. He was of a literary turn of mind, a touchstone for (testing) gold—the learned and poets, was proficient in the nīti-śāstra or science of politics, and wrote a treatise on the dattaka-sūtra or law of adoption. - [Previous: c8.s5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5.11) - [Next: c8.s5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5.13) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5.12) · Pramāṇa