Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s5.42
Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s5.42
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Rājamalla Satyavākya (II), the eldest son of Nitimārgga, was his successor on the throne, and distinguished himself in a battle at Rēmiya (Nj 269). An inscription of his occurs in North Arcot District (EI. iv. 140). His younger brother named Būtugēndra or Būtarasa was Yuvarāja in 870 (Nj 75), and governing Kongal-nāḍ and Pūnāḍ. Būtarasa is said (Nj 269) to have defeated Rājarāja (which is a Chōla name), and in Hiriyūr (Chitaldroog District) and other places was victorious over Mahēndra, the Pallava Nolamba king. Five times he overcame in fight the Kongas (Tamil people of Coimbatore and Salem), who resisted his tying up elephants, and he captured many herds according to old custom. He married the daughter of the Rāshṭrakūṭa king Amōghavarsha I.