Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s5.41

c8.s5.41

Rājamalla was succeeded by his son styled Nitimārgga, a title also used by the subsequent kings of this line. His real name was Ereyanga, but he is mentioned as Raṇa Vikramayya in Yd 60. He gained a great victory (Kl 90, Nj 269) over the Vallabha army at Rājārāmuḍu, which is to the north of the Kolar District. Besides this, he captured Bāṇarasa’s Mahārājara-nāḍ (Mb 228). This is called in Ct 30 the Mārājavāḍi Seven Thousand, with Vallūr as its capital. It was chiefly in the Kadapa District. Kl 79 shows that under Nitimārgga the Pallava king Nolambādhirāja was ruling the Ganga Six Thousand, and sent against Bāṇarasa a chief named Pompalla, who was killed in a battle at Murggepāḍi. At the head of the Doḍḍahuṇḍi stone (TN 91) is a rude but interesting bas-relief depicting Nitimārgga’s death, the exact date of which event is not known, but his eldest son Satyavākya was present. One of the king’s followers evinced his fidelity by being buried under him. Nitimārgga’s younger sister Jāyabbe was married to the Pallava king Nolambādhirāja (Si 24, 38), who was Pōlalchōra Nolamba.