Hoysala Empire

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The Hoysala Empire (Kannada: ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ) is an Indian empire. They controlled part of southern India from 1000 to 1346 A.D. Belur, Karnataka was their capital. The Hoysala Empire is remembered today mostly because of its architecture. The hundreds of temples found across Karnataka are good examples of temples that were in the cities of Belur, Halebid and Somnathpura. The Hoysala kings were affected by Jainism and Hinduism. King Vishnuvardhana and the kinds after him believed Vaishnavism.

In the beginning the Hoysalas were a small part of the Chalukyas of Kalyani. However, afterwards they began to grow until they made their own empire in Karnataka. Hoysalas period is known as one of the best times in the history of Karnataka, next only to the Vijayanagara Empire. Some famous Hoysalas kings were Vishnuvardhana, Veera Ballala II and Veera Ballala III. Kannada was the main language of the Hoysala Kings. The Hoysalas helped to increase Kannada and Sanskrit writing.

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  • Nripa Kama (1000 - 1045)
  • Vinayaditya (1045 - 1098)
  • Ereyanga (1098 - 1100)
  • Veera Ballala I (1100 -1108)
  • Vishnuvardhana (1108 - 1152)
  • Narasimha I (11521173)
  • Veera Ballala II (1173 – 1220)
  • Narasimha II (1220 – 1235)
  • Vira Someshwara (1235 – 1253)
  • Narasimha III (1253 – 1292)
  • Ramanatha (12531295)
  • Veera Ballala III (1292 – 1342)

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