Later Gangas Mandali Thousand

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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The Mandalināļu polity / 49
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Both the states upheld and protected Jainism. Arhad Pārśva was the Tirthankara that they worshipped as thier family god and the basadi of Jina-Pārsva, the 23rd marker of the river crossing, was their Patta-Jinālaya or Tirthada-basadi, 'the crown temple'. Goddess Padmāvatidevi, the Jina-śāsanadevi, Yakṣi was their family deity. Thus they followed a common religion from beginning to the end. They had common names starting with Bhujabala (Nr. 35. p. 137), Nanniya (Nr 59 p. 154), Barmma, Goggi and Tribhuvanamalla (T1. 192. p. 205). Both had enmity with the Hoysaļas in the beginning. Both served the same Rāştraküța, Călukya, Hoysaļa, Kalacuri and Vijayanagar empires as loyal feudatories. Both the states were concise and compact provinces in Shimoga district. Both the dynasties have a long and continuous history of over a thousand years. Apart from common Jain gods and goddesses, the temples of god Bhilleśvara and god Kamatheśvara were also found in both these states. After the final dissolution of the Cālukyan hegemony, Kalyāņa passed into the hands of the Hoysala Vira-Ballāļa-1 (11731220) who had struck heavy blows and defeated SomeśvaraIV (1184-90) in 1190, virtually the last ruler of the Cālukyas. Both the Sāntalige-Thousand and the Mandali-Thousand came under the hegemony of the Hovsalas, which was a welcome shift for them, because both the dynasties had developed an affiliation to the Hoysaļas and were followers of a common creed. The rule of succession to the throne in the eldest male line was followed by both these dynasties. Even when there were
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