Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c9.s20.2

c9.s20.2

The Yelahanka-nāḍ Prabhu is mentioned even in 1367 (Ht 117), but the inscriptions of this Āvati branch run from 1599 (Kg 12) to 1713 (Ma 3). They generally had the name Kempe-Gauḍa, after the most celebrated of the line. He founded Bangalore in 1537, and his son of the same name gained possession of the Māgaḍi country (Ma 1) and Sāvandurga. Though at first describing himself as of the fourth gōtra (Ma 1), he is afterwards said to be of the Sadāśiva-gōtra (Ma 2). Bangalore, which had been taken by the Bijāpur forces and included in the jāgīr of Shahji, the father of Sivaji, was eventually sold to the Mysore Rāja in 1687. Māgaḍi and Sāvandurga were captured by Mysore in 1728, the chief being sent as a prisoner to Seringapatam, where he died.