Ereyanga

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 his rule as a monarch of Hoysala Empire was short, he served his father as the Yuvaraja. He was a Jain by faith.

Ereyanga
Hoysala King
Reignc. 1098 – c. 1102 CE
PredecessorVinayaditya
SuccessorVeera Ballala I
SpouseEchala Devi
Issue
DynastyHoysala
FatherVinayaditya
MotherKeleyala Devi
ReligionJainism
Hoysala Kings
 
Nripa Kama II1026–1047
Vinayaditya1047–1098
Ereyanga1098–1102
Veera Ballala I1102–1108
Vishnuvardhana1108–1152
Narasimha I1152–1173)
Veera Ballala II1173–1220
Vira Narasimha II1220–1235
Vira Someshwara1235–1263
Narasimha III1263–1292
Veera Ballala III1292–1343
Harihara Raya1342–1355

He took the title- 'Vira Ganga'.[2]

Life

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 & 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]

References
  1. 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.
  2. S. Settar (1992). The Hoysaḷa Temples Volume 1. Inst. of Indian Art History Karnatak Univ. p. 11. ISBN 9788190017213.
  3. Benjamin Lewis Rice (1 May 2007). Mysore in general. A. Constable. p. 337.
  4. Benjamin Lewis Rice (1889). Epigraphia Carnatica: Rev. ed. Mysore Government Central Press. p. 57.
  5. Benjamin Lewis Rice (1904). Epigraphia Carnatica: Inscriptions in the Tumkur District. Mysore Government Central Press. p. 67.

Sources
  • 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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