A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c15.18

c15.18

Sometime before his death, Hoysala Someśvara, being pressed by enemies from both north and south, had effected a virtual division of his kingdom, assigning the northern half to his elder son Narasimha III and the southern Tamil area to his younger son Rāmanātha. After his father's death, Rāmanātha recovered Kannanūr and held his own against Sundara Pāṇḍya who died in 1268 and was succeeded by Māravarman Kulaśekhara I, also a great ruler.