Karnataka Through the Ages: From Prehistoric Times to the Day of the Independence of India

administration Advaita agrahāra army Bādāmi Bahamani Ballāļa Bāņa Banavāsi Bangalore became Belgaum Bellary Bijapur Brahman brother Buddhist called capital century A.D. Chalukya Chitradurga Chōla commentary Coorg court culture dancing Deccan defeated described Dharma Dharwar District dynasty Emperor Empire feudatory Ganga Government grants Haidar Harihara Hindu Hoysala Ibid important inscriptions Jaina Jainism Kadamba Kalachuris Kalyāņa Kanara Kannada language Kannada literature Karnataka King kingdom known Kolar Krishna Krishnadevaraya land large number later Linga literary Madhva Marathas mentioned Muslim Mysore Narasimha Old Kannada Pallavas period poets political prince Purāņas rāgas Rāmānuja Rashtrakutas region reign religion religious royal rule rulers Saiva Saivism Sanskrit Sātavāhana scholars schools sculpture Shimoga Siva Sōmēśvara South India story style Sultan Taluk Tamil temples territory throne Tipu tradition vachanas Vaishnava Vedas Vedic Veeraśaiva verses Vijayanagar Vikramaditya Vikramaditya VI village Vishnu Vishnuvardhana Wodeyar worship wrote