Magnates and their honours · The Hoysala kingdom of Veera Ballala II · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Changalvas and Kongalvas

Two chiefly houses on the south-western edge of the plateau, between the Mysore plain, the Kodagu hills and the Kabini: the Changalvas round Nanjarayapatna and the Kongalvas toward Hunsur and the Kodagu side.

They are Malnad chiefs of the kind that put Ballala on the throne; he has since kept them in check. They hold the road to Kodagu and the Wayanad passes.

Who he is

Name
not known for 1 January 1200
Title
Chiefs (Changalva and Kongalva houses)
Since
not pinned
Born
not known
Family
Changalva (Nanjarayapatna, Piriyapatna) and Kongalva (Hunsur, Yelandur, Kodagu border) lines
Confidence
low

Wikipedia (Veera Ballala II) says the Malnad chiefs, the Chengalvas and Kongalvas, helped him to the throne and were later kept from rising against him. Their names for 1200 are not in a source we could read.

Overlord

Veera Ballala II

What it holds

  • the country round Piriyapatna and Nanjarayapatna
  • the Kongalva country toward Hunsur and the Kodagu border

How it was acquired

Hereditary.

Allies and rivals

Allies of Ballala II in 1173, restrained since; neighbours of the Kodavas.

How things stand that morning

Hoysala feudatories, watched.

Wealth

Cattle, forest produce, the Kodagu road.

Military

Hill levies.

Threats

  • Ballala's displeasure

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: One sentence in Wikipedia; their records are in epigraphy we could not read.

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. Veera Ballala II, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
  2. 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.