Lecture Series on World Heritage and Culture

124th Lecture On Karnataka Hoysala Legacy

Dr G Sethuraman Art Historian & Dr V Vedachalam Archaeologist

The Hoysalas ruled Karnataka between the 10th and 14th centuries. They originated in the hilly region along the western boundary of Hassan district and Southern Chikmagalur district in Karnataka state. Its largest empire extended from the Tunghabadra river in the north in what had been Later Chalukya territories to the Kaveri river in the south in the Chola regions(Tamil country). “According to some of the inscriptions, the name Hoysala derived from the myth where an ascetic(sometimes a Jaina ascetic) was threatened by a tiger and uttered the words “Poy,Sala” or “Hoy, Sala”(strike,Sala) and Sala, the legendary founder of the dynasty, slew the tiger. Whether the event which gave rise to this story can be associated with Nrpa Kama, the first known Hoysala king, is uncertain. The emblem of the Hoysalas, a man killing a tiger, is found at most of the Hoysala temple sites”.

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