Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c9.s9.1

c9.s9.1

The Sāluvas (or Sālvas) were of the Lunar race and originally Jains, located at Sangītapura, the Sanskrit for Hāḍuvaḷḷi, situated in Taulava-dēśa or South Kanara (Sa 164). A Sāluva-Tikkama was the general of the Sēuna kings Mahadēva and Rāmachandra, who invaded the Hoysala kingdom in 1276 and 1280, and claims to have plundered Dōrasamudra.