Jinamanjari 1999 09 No 20

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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11. Rāyakumāra II (1502 -1550) was the son-in-law of Pandyappajila.
12. Vira Timmannajila IV (1550 - 1610) was the son-in-law of Rāyakumāra.
13. Madhurakkadēvi (1610 - 1647) was the daughter-in-law of Vira Timmannajila.
14. Pāndyappajila III (1647 - 1683) was the son of Madhurakkadēvi.
15. Padumaladēvi II (1683 - 1721) was the daughter-in-law of Pandyappajila.
16. Timmannajila V (1721 - 1765) was the son of Padumaladēvi.
17. Pāndyappajila IV (1765 - 1786) was the son-in-law of Timmannajila.
The list shows that Vira Timmannajila ruled over a period of sixty years, while Pūnja ruled for only six years. As noted from the inscription from Bellur, at the time of Timmannajila III the kingdom was well established with more defined and extended boundaries. According to the Veņūr inscription dated 1537 C.E., Aladangadi was another important center of the Ajila kingdom, and it was under feudatory Somanatha, son of Pāndyappajila II's younger sister Hõnnammadēvi. By the time of Vira Timmannajila, the kingdom appears to have become more prosperous and stronger in the Tulunadu region. He was able to defeat the Bhairava king of Karkala and also commission the sculpting of the Bahubali image and consecrate over the hill in the capital Veņūr (he was under the influence of the preceptor Cārukirti Bhattaraka Of Mudabidre Jain Mutt).
The genealogy list indicates that the Ajila rule could have begun in the late tenth century or in the beginning of the eleventh century. These periods were very important in the Jain political history as the main rulers in the southern mainland of India were dominated by powerful Jain rulers, the Gangas and the rise of the Hoysalas in the later period. It is noted that the Ajilas descended from the Jain warrior
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