Ruled most of modern Karnataka plus parts of Tamil Nadu and southwestern Telangana; renowned for the Hoysaleswara and Chennakesava temple complexes at Halebidu and Belur.
King Veera Ballala III was killed at the Battle of Madurai in 1343; Hoysala territory was absorbed into the rising Vijayanagara Empire under Harihara I.
The atlas holds 5 border frames for Hoysala Kingdom — the shape you scrub through changes in 1026 · 1050 · 1103 · 1190 · 1280.
John Keay's acclaimed single-volume history of India places this dynasty within the sweep of the subcontinent's past.