Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s5.24

c8.s5.24

But he was followed by his son Mushkara or Mokkara, of whom little is known. Savage kings are said to have rubbed against one another in paying homage at his feet. From the inscription published in *IA.* xiv. 229, we learn that he married the daughter of the Sindhu Rāja. The Mokkara-vasati mentioned in the Lakshmēśvara inscription in Dharwar (*IA.* vii. 101) must be a memorial of him, and points to an extension of the Ganga kingdom in that direction. From this time the State seems to have adhered to the Jain religion.