Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c9.s15: 15. Chitaldroog
Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c9.s15
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15. Chitaldroog
c9.s15.1
The Chitaldroog chieftains received their kingdom in Holalkere, Hiriyūr, and Chitaldroog, after the fall of Vijayanagar in 1565, from the representatives of that empire.
c9.s15.2
The chiefs were Bēḍas by caste, of the Kāmagēti-vamśa, and claim to be of the Vālmīki-gōtra. They were styled mahānāyakāchāryya, and had the distinctive prefix Kāmagēti-kastūri. They were mostly named Medakēri-Nāyak. In the latter part of the seventeenth century they were engaged in contests with the Sante-Bennūr and Harpanhalli chiefs, and extended their territory at the expense of the former. Frequent wars afterwards arose with Bednūr and with the Mahrattas, as well as with the Mughals. The alliance with Chanda-Sāhib, and the fate of the battle of Māyakoṇḍa in 1748 have already been related above. Chitaldroog made a prolonged defence against Haidar Ali, who succeeded at last in capturing it in 1779 mainly through the treachery of some Musalmān officers. To break up the Bēḍa population, whose blind devotion had enabled the place to hold out so long, Haidar transported 20,000 of the inhabitants to people the island of Seringapatam, and of all the boys of proper age he formed regular battalions of captive converts or Chēlas.