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Hoysala Empire |
Details |
Area of Rule |
Karnataka and Kaveri delta in present-day Tamil Nadu. |
Time Period |
Between the 10th and the 14thcenturies. |
Preceded by |
Western Chalukyas |
Succeeded by |
Vijaynagara Empire |
Founder |
Nripakama II/Sala |
Most important ruler |
Bittaga Vishnuvardhana. Annexed Chola province of Gangawadi.Defeated Chalukya Vikramaditya VI |
Capital |
Initially Belur. Later- Halebidu |
Administration |
Divided into provinces: Nadu, Vishaya, Kampana and Desha |
Remarkable for |
Art, Architecture, and Religion. Hoysala Architecture |
Literature |
Kannada and Sanskrit. |
Important Temples |
Chennakeshava Temple, Belur; the Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu; Chennakesava Temple |
Architecture |
Hybrid or vesara style |
Learning Schools |
Ghatikas |
Religion |
Jainism, Vaishnavism and Lingayatism |
Contemporary Philosophers |
Basava, Madhvacharya and Ramanuja in Karnataka |
Rajaditya |
Mathematician who wrote Vyavaharaganita and Lilavati during Vishnuvardhana’s reign |
Last Ruler |
Veera Ballala III |
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