Country or people · The Hoysala kingdom of Veera Ballala II · as at first light, 1 January 1200

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A rice and black-soil country on the Varada between the Tungabhadra and the Malnad edge, held by the Kadambas of Hangal.

Wikipedia dates Ballala's annexation of Hangal about 1178 and a Kalachuri seizure about 1179, and the campaign board has him recorded holding it by about 1192; the house keeps its own army and gold coinage. The Yadava press from the north.

Who holds it

Name
not named for 1 January 1200
Title
The Kadamba chief of Hangal, a Hoysala client
Since
not pinned
Confidence
low

No source we read names the holder for 1 January 1200.

Overlord

Veera Ballala II

What it holds

  • Hangal and Haveri
  • Bankapura
  • the Varada rice

How it was acquired

Annexed about 1178 on Wikipedia, seized by a Kalachuri commander about 1179, recorded as Ballala's by about 1192 on the campaign board's account.

How things stand that morning

Hoysala on the campaign board's reading (recorded by about 1192); loyalty follows the nearer army.

Wealth

Rice, cotton, gold coinage of the Kadambas; no figure.

Military

The Kadamba household troops and Hoysala garrisons; no numbers.

Threats

  • Yadava campaign down the Varada

Where the sources disagree

  • The sid brief draws a Yadava reading on the Hangal march; we draw Hoysala.

Evidence: Province names and extents come from the old Kannada district reckoning (Kamath; Fleet), not re-read here; the holder is not named in our sources.

On the map: The northern edge at Savanur and Shiggaon is the Yadava side of the contest.

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

Sources and studies

  1. Kadambas of Hangal, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
  2. Hoysala Empire, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
  3. Veera Ballala II, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
  4. OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead, checked against the other sources)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.