Question

What was the period of reign of Vinayaditya?
a. 1047-1098 A.D
b. 1030-1060 A.D
c. 1044-1078 A.D
d. 1053-1085 A.D

Answer 1

Hint:
- The Hoysala Dynasty was the influential Kannadiga dynasty (now Karnataka, India) that ruled from the 10th to 14th centuries AD.
- From the 11th to the mid-14th centuries, this dynasty ruled almost all of Karnataka today. Belur was their capital, which was later moved to Halebidu.

Complete step by step solution:

Hoysala Dynasty -
- During the 12th and 13th centuries, a family or clan called Hoysala had gained considerable influence in present-day Karnataka.
- From the 11th to the mid-14th centuries, this dynasty ruled almost all of Karnataka today. Belur was their capital, which was later moved to Halebidu.
- For the production of art, architecture and religion in the southern countries, this time was a very important era. The Hoysala Empire contributed to the growth of literature in both Kannada and Sanskrit.
- Nripa Kama II, who lived about 1026-1047 AD, is the earliest remembered king of this kingdom. He was possibly a Western Ganga Dynasty feudalism, and is known to have been active in unsuccessful wars against the Cholas.
- Another early Hoyasala king, Vinayaditya, however, was a Chalukyas of Kalyani feudatory.
- Vinayaditya had family relations with King Someshwara I of Western Chalukyan. Ereyanaga, his son, tried to establish himself as an independent ruler, but was not successful.
- The Kesava Temple at Somanathapura, Chennakesava Temple at Belur and Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebidu are the dynasties remembered for temple construction and its three most well-known temples.

Ruler of Hoysala Dynasty -

Vinayaditya (1047-1098 A.D)
1. He was a competent Jain King of the Hoysala Dynasty.
2. Like the Kongalvas, Chengalvas, Santharas of Humcha Shimoga and the Kadambas of Bayalnadu (Vainadu), he ruled over the Malnad chiefs.

Ereyanga Ereyanga (1098-1102 A.D)
1. He was the son of Vinayaditya and ruled the Hoysala empire as a ruler.
2. By faith, he was Jain.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
At Kannanur, a decisive war was fought that would end the fortunes of Hoysala. A pitched war was waged by Veera Ballala III against Ghiyas-ud-din, the Sultan of Madurai. "The Hoysala king was captured just as a Hoysala victory seemed imminent, and was" strangled and flayed, "according to historians Chopra et al.