Hoysala Kingdom

  General Description   The Hoysala dynasty ruled over a territory roughly equivalent to the southern Indian state of Karnataka, plus the eastern and southeastern margins of Andhra Pradesh and the northwest corner of Tamil Nadu. ^[1] For much of the 12th century CE, the Hoysalas were mere provincial rulers within the wider Chalukya empire, ^[2] but they rebelled and wrested control over the region from the Chalukyas in 1191. ^[3] They lost their empire with the death of Emperor Vira Virupaksha in 1346. ^[4] Under Hoysala rule, literature and the arts flourished, particularly architecture, as testified by the Hoysala temples at Halebidu, Belur and Somanathapura. ^[5]
Population and political organization
As with most preceding South Indian polities, the Hoysala ruler held judiciary, executive and legislative powers ^[6] and was also the polity’s supreme military leader. ^[7] He was assisted at court by several ministers ^[8] and in the provinces by governors. ^[9]
No population estimates for this period could be found in the literature.

[1]: (Kamath 1980) Suryanath Kamath. 1980. A Concise History of Karnataka: From Pre-historic Times to the Present. Bangalore: Archana Prakashana.

[2]: (Kamath 1980, 130-32) Suryanath Kamath. 1980. A Concise History of Karnataka: From Pre-historic Times to the Present. Bangalore: Archana Prakashana.

[3]: (Murthy and Ramakrishnan 1978, 96) H. V. Sreenivasa Murthy and R. Ramakrishnan. 1978. A History of Karnataka. New Delhi: S. Chand.

[4]: (Kamath 1980, 136) Suryanath Kamath. 1980. A Concise History of Karnataka: From Pre-historic Times to the Present. Bangalore: Archana Prakashana.

[5]: (Murthy and Ramakrishnan 1978, 111) H. V. Sreenivasa Murthy and R. Ramakrishnan. 1978. A History of Karnataka. New Delhi: S. Chand.

[6]: (Murthy and Ramakrishnan 1978, 123) H. V. Sreenivasa Murthy and R. Ramakrishnan. 1978. A History of Karnataka. New Delhi: S. Chand.

[7]: (Derrett 1957, 105) J. Duncan M. Derrett. 1957. The Hoysalas: A Medieval Indian Royal Family. Madras: Oxford University Press.

[8]: (Murthy and Ramakrishnan 1978, 137) H. V. Sreenivasa Murthy and R. Ramakrishnan. 1978. A History of Karnataka. New Delhi: S. Chand.

[9]: (Murthy and Ramakrishnan 1978, 124) H. V. Sreenivasa Murthy and R. Ramakrishnan. 1978. A History of Karnataka. New Delhi: S. Chand.