Udupi

Who holds it

Title

Temple priests of the Shivalli Brahmin community

Since

not pinned

Born

not known

Confidence

low

No head is named in any source we read.

Overlord

the Alupa king

What it holds

• temple lands
• the Alupa mint at Udupi (coin legend)

How things stand that morning

An Alupa temple town.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1199 (already) or about 1238 (later); the sources differMadhva (Vasudeva), the teacher of the dualist school, is born near Udupi (by tradition). Wikipedia credits him with founding the Krishna matha at Udupi with an image brought from Dwarka in 1285. On the earlier dating he is an infant on 1 January 1200; on the later he is not yet born. He is no teacher in 1200 on either.Depends on: Which dating of his birth is right: Wikipedia (Madhvacharya) gives c. 1199 or 1238 and says the biography is unclear about his year of birth. Stopped by: Nothing in play.

Places of note

• Ananteshwara temple, Udupi: the old Shiva temple of Udupi

Where the sources disagree

• Common accounts speak of the Udupi Krishna matha as the great house of Udupi; it is later than 1200.
• Madhva's dates: Wikipedia (Madhvacharya) gives 1199-1278 (citing Dehsen and Jones and Ryan) and 1238-1317 (citing Bryant and Sharma), and says the biography is unclear about his year of birth. Many accounts use the later pair; on the earlier pair he is born the year before the game. Either way the school and its matha are not founded on 1 January 1200.

Evidence: The temples are known; Madhva's dates are disputed (see the notes), and on either dating his Krishna matha is later than 1200.

Primary sources for Hoysala kingdom

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Epigraphia Carnatica: inscriptions of the Mysore country, Various (Hoysala chancery and temple scribes), edited by B. Lewis Rice and R. Narasimhachar (inscriptions of the 4th to 19th centuries; the series ran from 1886 to 1905, revised from 1972). The Hoysala kingdom of Veera Ballala II (reigning 1173 to 1220) is documented almost wholly by the inscriptions in this series, arranged by district and taluk with full English translations. Read online
• Inscriptions of the Silaharas, Various (Silahara chanceries), edited by V. V. Mirashi (inscriptions of the 9th to 13th centuries; edited 1977). Collects the records of the three Silahara houses: North Konkan (Thana), South Konkan, and Kolhapur.
• Sanskrit and Old Canarese Inscriptions relating to the Yadava Kings of Devagiri, Various (Yadava chancery), edited by J. F. Fleet (inscriptions of the 12th and 13th centuries; edited 1876). The first collected edition of the Yadava (Seuna) records, with texts and translations, from the Indian Antiquary. Read online
• South Indian Inscriptions (Archaeological Survey of India), Various (Chola, Pandya and other chanceries and temple scribes), edited by E. Hultzsch, V. Venkayya, H. Krishna Sastri and successors (inscriptions of the 7th to 17th centuries; the series ran from 1890). The temple inscriptions printed here are the primary record of the Tamil country in 1200. Read online