Ereyanga
| Ereyanga | |
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| Hoysala King | |
| Reign | c. 1098 – c. 1102 CE |
| Predecessor | Vinayaditya |
| Successor | Veera Ballala I |
| Spouse | Echala Devi |
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| Dynasty | Hoysala |
| Father | Vinayaditya |
| Mother | Keleyala Devi |
| Religion | Jainism |
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Ereyanga (r. 1098–1102 CE) was the son of Vinayaditya and distinguished himself as a Chalukya feudatory during their campaigns against Dhara of Malwa.[1] Though he remained the Yuvaraja or crown prince for several decades, his rule as a monarch of Hoysala Empire was short. He was a Jain by faith and took the title 'Vira Ganga'.[2]
Life
[edit]Ereyanga was born to the Hoysala king Vinayaditya and his wife Keleyabbe or Keleyala Devi.[3] He was appointed the Yuvaraja in 1062, and seems to have held that position for 33 years. He first distinguished himself by helping Chalukya Someshvara II in suppressing rebellions.[2] Ereyanga is described as a right hand to Someshvara, and was an important commander in the Chalukya army.[4] He is said to have burnt Dhara, a city of the king of Malwa, struck terror into the Cholas, laid waste to Chakragotta and broken the king of Kalinga.[4][3]
Ereyanga had 3 sons through his wife Echala Devi[1]- Ballala, Bitti Deva and Udayaditya.[5] Ballala succeeded his grandfather Vinayaditya to the throne, but did not live long and Udayaditya died in 1123. However, Bitti Deva would go on to become one of the greatest Hoysala kings.[3].
The sack of Gangaikonda Cholapuram (1080 AD)
[edit]In 1080 AD, during Vikramaditya VI's campaign against the Cholas, the Chalukya general Tambarasar defeated the Chola king and advanced into Chola territory. An inscription of 1080 AD describes Tambarasar as the conqueror of the Chola king and the "destroyer of Kanchipura", while another records that he erected pillars of victory after defeating the Cholas. The Hoysala prince Ereyanga, serving as a feudatory of the Western Chalukyas, also participated in the campaign. Contemporary inscriptions credit Ereyanga with dragging out the Chola ruler and completely plundering his capital. Since Gangaikonda Cholapuram was the Chola capital in 1080 AD, historian Golapchandra Raychaudhuri identifies this event with the sack of Gangaikonda Cholapuram by the Chalukya-led army under Vikramaditya VI, in which Tambarasar and Ereyanga played prominent roles.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 John Faithful Fleet (1882). The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest of A.D. 1318. Government Central Press. p. 66.
- 1 2 S. Settar (1992). The Hoysaḷa Temples Volume 1. Inst. of Indian Art History Karnatak Univ. p. 11. ISBN 9788190017213.
- 1 2 3 Benjamin Lewis Rice (1 May 2007). Mysore in general. A. Constable. p. 337.
- 1 2 Benjamin Lewis Rice (1889). Epigraphia Carnatica: Rev. ed. Mysore Government Central Press. p. 57.
- ↑ Benjamin Lewis Rice (1904). Epigraphia Carnatica: Inscriptions in the Tumkur District. Mysore Government Central Press. p. 67.
- ↑ Golapchandra Raychaudhuri, The History of the Western Chalukyas (Political and Administrative), PhD thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1948, pp. 259–260.
Sources
[edit]- Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, A Concise history of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present, Jupiter books, MCC, Bangalore, 2001 (Reprinted 2002) OCLC: 7796041
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