Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c9.s17: 17. Niḍugal
Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c9.s17
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17. Niḍugal
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The Niḍugal territory had rulers in the eighth and down to the thirteenth century who are styled Chōla-mahārājas. Their capital was Penjeṛu or Henjeṛu, in Tamil called Pperuncheru, now Hēmāvati, on the northern border of Sīra tāluq. Irungōla I was ruling in 1128 (Si 7), and in connection with him the kings are described as of the Solar race and Inavamśa, descendants from Karikāla-Chōla. They were mahāmaṇḍalēśvaras, and had the titles—lord of Oreyūr (the ancient Chōla capital near Trichinopoly), Gōva (or guardian) of Rodda, champion who had taken the heads of sixty-four chieftains. Irungōla’s kingdom was composed of the Rodda Three Hundred, the Sīre Three Hundred, the Harave Three Hundred, and the Sindavāḍi Thousand. The Hoysala king Viṣṇuvarddhana is said (Ng 70) to have captured the powerful Irungōla’s fort, and Nārasimha I is described as breaker of the pride of Irungōla. In 1218 Ballāla II was encamped at Niḍugal (Hn 61). In 1269 another Irungōla made a raid into the Ānebiddasari-nāḍ in the Tumkūr country (Tm 49), and in 1276 joined the Sēuna army in its invasion of Dōrasamudra (Bl 164, 165). In 1285 Nārasimha III marched against Niḍugal (Ak 151) and reduced it.
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In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries there was a line of Nāyakas ruling in Niḍugal. Among their titles were included (Pg 54) kaṭhāri-rāya, champion who took the head of Mēsa, bhādra-maluka, subduer of the Hoysaṇa army.
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The Harati chiefs held the Niḍugal territory from 1640, when they were invested by the Vijayanagar king Veṅkaṭapati-Rāya II with the government of Doḍḍēri, Siroha, Tāvàregere, Hiriyūr, Ayamangala, and Niḍugal-durga. By tradition the founder is said to have come from the Bijāpur country. Hoṭṭeṇṇa-Nāyaka in 1559 is described (Cl 54) as brother of the Nāga virgins of Nāga-lōka, a Bēḍa without guile, of the 850 worthies of the 350 gōtras. They continued in power till the time of Tipu Sultān, who annexed the place to Mysore.