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INTRODUCTION.THE present province of Mysore long formed part of the empire ofVijdyanagar, and the origin of the Mysore Rajas is traced * to theheroes of a chivalrous exploit. Vijaya and Krishna, two youngKshatriyas of Yddava descent, who, according to tradition, had leftDvdraka in Gujarat with the view of establishing themselves in thesouth, on arriving at Hadi-ndd or Hada-nad,a few miles south-eastof the present city of Mysore, learned that the chief of the placehad wandered away in a state of mental derangement, and that theneighbouring chief of Kdmgahalli, who was of inferior caste, takinghad demanded theadvantage of the defenceless condition of the family,only daughter of the house in marriage. To this a consent had beengiven under compulsion, and arrangements unwillingly made for theceremony. The two brothers espoused the cause of the distressedmaiden, and, having secreted themselves with some followers, fell uponthe chief and his retinue while seated at a banquet, and slew them.Marching at once on Kdrugahalli, they surprisedit and returned intriumph to Hadanad. The girl became the willing bride of Vijaya,who took the title of Odeyar or Wodeyar 2 (" lord "), and assumed thegovernment of Hadandd and Karugahalli, adopting at the same timethe religion of the Jangamas or Lingavantas.The immediate descendants of Vijaya are thus given by Mr.Bo wring:A.D.Yijaya 1399-1422Hire Bettada Chama Eaja 1423-1457TimmaRaja 1458-1477Chama Eaja, Ar-beral 3 1478-1512Bettada Chama Eaja 1513-1551Bettada Chdma Raja divided his dominions during his lifetimeamong his three sons. To Appana Timma Raja he gave Hemanhalli,to Krishna Eaja he gave Kembala, and to Chama Eaja, surnamed B61or Bald, he gave Mysore, then called Puragere.A fort was either built1Rice, Mysore Gazetteer, 1877, vol. I, pp. 239-40.2 TJdaiyar, vidgo Wodeyar or Wodeiyar.* Six-fingered.