Other minor ruling families:

Other minor ruling families of this period.-In addition to the above imperial and feudatory dynasties ruling over this district from about 750 to 1200, there are occasional epigraphical references to a few other minor families ruling over parts of this district during the same period. These are the later Kadambas, Gangas, Sindas and Cholas.

Of the Kadambas, we have a few records falling in this period, coming mainly from tlie Molakalmuru and Davangere taluks. It appears that the northern parts of this district were ruled for some time by a Kadamba family, with its headquarters probably at Lunke, near Molakalmuru. There are 4 records coming from the Molakalmuru taluk, of which three probably and one certainly refer to Kadamba rulers. In the first three, of which two are dated 987, 83 and one 1032, 84 we have one Ajavarmavarasa, pro­bably a Kadamba though this is not stated, ruling some territory under a Chalukya king. In the fourth one,85 however, dated 1100, we have the Mahamandaleshwara, lord of Banavasipura, Bancharasadeva ruling the kingdom from the fort of Lunke and making a grant to the god Lunkeshvara. There are two inscrip­tions coming from the Davangcre taluk, out of which one86, dated 1160, mentions one Somadeva and traces the origin of the Kadambas to Mayurasharma, and the other,87 dated 1171, speaks of a Kadamba king named Nagatiyarasa and calls him lord of the Uchangi hill.

There are 3 or 4 inscriptions assignable to this period, concern­ing a feudatory Ganga family. One of them,88 dated 930, refers to one Chandi (arasa) of the Ganga family ruling Sulgal (modern Chitradurga). Another,89 dated 1120, mentions a Gangarasa, with all Ganga titles, ruling the Kukkavadi-300 region. The third,90 dated about 1220, speaks of one Bammarasa of Emmeganur. The title Kannambi-natha, which this chief and his ancestors had in addition to the usual Ganga titles, suggests their connection with the Asandi family of the Kadur district. From this and the find spots of the inscriptions, the chiefs of this family appear to have had under them parts of the western and the south-western regions of the district.

The Sinda family, introduced in the inscriptions found in this district, appears to he a branch of the main Sinda family which gave the name Sindavadi to its kingdom, which had its territories mainly in Bellary, Raichur and Bijapur districts and which had its chief headquarters at Erambaragi, modern Yelburgi, in the Raichur district. One of these inscriptions, dated 1162,91 traces the origin of this line of Sindas to the union of the god Siva and Sindhu (the name of the river Indns), out of which was born Saindhava, with a second name Nidudol Sinda. This Nidudol Sinda, who is called Maha-mandaleshvara and Karahata-puravara-dhishvara, is said to have ruled over many territories included in the Karahat-4000. The inscription directly refers to the reign of one Ishvara of this family and says that at that time Vijaya Pandya was ruling over the Nolambavadi region. The names of the territories over which this Ishvara was ruling are unfortunately defaced; but his residence was at Hallavuru on the bank of the Tungabhadra (probably Halluru in the Ranebennur taluk of the Dharwar district).

Another inscription, dated 968, referring to the reign of the Rashtrakuta king Akalavarsha, with one Sudrakayya administer­ing the Kadambalige-1000, mentions one Kerasiga Nanniya Sinda, who must have been a petty chief, making a grant. Another inscription93 dated 992, mentions one Mulgunda-Sinda Jatarasa ruling over Kadambalige-1000 as a vassal of the Chalukya king Taila II. According to another inscriptions94 from Asagodu, one Sindhara was ruling the Vadda-Ravula-Sunka of the Nolamba-vadi-32000 in 1108.

Courtesy : Gazetteer of India, Chitradurga District, 1967.