Nayakas of Belur

Nayakas of Belur
Nayakas of Belur
1397–1802
Capital	Aigoor
Common languages	Kannada, Telugu
Religion	Hinduism
Government	Monarchy
King
History
• Established	1397
• Disestablished	1802
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Hoysala Kingdom
	Vijayanagara Empire
Wadiyar dynasty
Nayakas of Keladi

Nayakas of Belur, also known as Nayakas of Balam and Manjarabad Nayakas, were an Indian dynasty based in Belur in present-day Hassan district of Karnataka, India. Originally vassals of the Vijayanagara Empire, they became an independent and important ruling dynasty in their own right with the decline of Vijayanagara.^[1] The Belur Nayaks had their origins in the Balija warrior clans of present-day Andhra Pradesh.^[2] Their capital was Aigoor in Hassan district.^[3]

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- K. D. Swaminathan, ed. (1957). The Nayakas of Ikkeri. P. Varadachary. p. 56. The Nayaks of Belur became prominent during the period of the third and fourth dynasties of Vijayanagar
- Henry Heras, ed. (1927). The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara. Vol. 1. B.G.Paul & Company. pp. 52, 98.
- Ramanujapuram Narasimhachar, ed. (1919). The Kesava Temple at Belur. Mysore government Press. p. 2.
- Haroon Khan Sherwani, ed. (1974). History of the Qutb Shahi Dynasty. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 143.
- Journal of Indian History. Vol. 33–36. University of Kerala. Department of History, University of Allahabad. Department of Modern Indian History, University of Travancore, University of Kerala. 1958. p. 366.
- M. V. Krishnappa, R. Gopal, ed. (2000). Recent Researches in Karnataka Archaeology. Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Karnataka. p. 143.
- B. Lewis Rice, ed. (1998). Epigraphia Carnatica. Vol. 11. Mysore: Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe, Mysore University. p. cxx.
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- M.M.Kalburgi, ed. (1994). Karnatakada Kaifiyattugalu (in Kannada). Kannada University , Hampi. p. 118. According to the Vasudhare grama Kaifiyat mentions the Belur chiefs were originally Telugu banajigas
- Noboru Karashima, ed. (1999). Kingship in Indian History. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 192. ISBN 9788173043260. To understand the historical process of the reducing of the Nayakas as an open status group into a mere shell of what they had formerly been and the growth of respective caste identities, the Telugu Balija caste and its history may give an important clue. Many Nayakas, including the three major Nayakas in the Tamil area and the Nayakas of Cannapattana, Beluru, and Rayadurga in the Kannada area, are said to have been Telugu Balijas.
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- M. Shama Rao, ed. (1936). From the beginning to 1868. Higginbothams. p. 349.
- L. Krishna Anantha Krishna Iyer, ed. (1935). The Mysore Tribes and Castes. Vol. 1. Mittal Publications. p. 104. The Belur ( Balam ) chiefs in the south with their capital at Aigur ( Manjarabad ).

[1] 
K. D. Swaminathan, ed. (1957). The Nayakas of Ikkeri. P. Varadachary. p. 56. The Nayaks of Belur became prominent during the period of the third and fourth dynasties of Vijayanagar

Henry Heras, ed. (1927). The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara. Vol. 1. B.G.Paul & Company. pp. 52, 98.

Ramanujapuram Narasimhachar, ed. (1919). The Kesava Temple at Belur. Mysore government Press. p. 2.

Haroon Khan Sherwani, ed. (1974). History of the Qutb Shahi Dynasty. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 143.

Journal of Indian History. Vol. 33–36. University of Kerala. Department of History, University of Allahabad. Department of Modern Indian History, University of Travancore, University of Kerala. 1958. p. 366.

M. V. Krishnappa, R. Gopal, ed. (2000). Recent Researches in Karnataka Archaeology. Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Karnataka. p. 143.

B. Lewis Rice, ed. (1998). Epigraphia Carnatica. Vol. 11. Mysore: Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe, Mysore University. p. cxx.

[2] K. D. Swaminathan, ed. (1957). The Nayakas of Ikkeri. P. Varadachary. p. 56. The Nayaks of Belur became prominent during the period of the third and fourth dynasties of Vijayanagar

[3] Henry Heras, ed. (1927). The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara. Vol. 1. B.G.Paul & Company. pp. 52, 98.

[4] Ramanujapuram Narasimhachar, ed. (1919). The Kesava Temple at Belur. Mysore government Press. p. 2.

[5] Haroon Khan Sherwani, ed. (1974). History of the Qutb Shahi Dynasty. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 143.

[6] Journal of Indian History. Vol. 33–36. University of Kerala. Department of History, University of Allahabad. Department of Modern Indian History, University of Travancore, University of Kerala. 1958. p. 366.

[7] M. V. Krishnappa, R. Gopal, ed. (2000). Recent Researches in Karnataka Archaeology. Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Karnataka. p. 143.

[8] B. Lewis Rice, ed. (1998). Epigraphia Carnatica. Vol. 11. Mysore: Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe, Mysore University. p. cxx.

[balam-2] 
M.M.Kalburgi, ed. (1994). Karnatakada Kaifiyattugalu (in Kannada). Kannada University , Hampi. p. 118. According to the Vasudhare grama Kaifiyat mentions the Belur chiefs were originally Telugu banajigas

Noboru Karashima, ed. (1999). Kingship in Indian History. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 192. ISBN 9788173043260. To understand the historical process of the reducing of the Nayakas as an open status group into a mere shell of what they had formerly been and the growth of respective caste identities, the Telugu Balija caste and its history may give an important clue. Many Nayakas, including the three major Nayakas in the Tamil area and the Nayakas of Cannapattana, Beluru, and Rayadurga in the Kannada area, are said to have been Telugu Balijas.

[10] M.M.Kalburgi, ed. (1994). Karnatakada Kaifiyattugalu (in Kannada). Kannada University , Hampi. p. 118. According to the Vasudhare grama Kaifiyat mentions the Belur chiefs were originally Telugu banajigas

[11] Noboru Karashima, ed. (1999). Kingship in Indian History. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 192. ISBN 9788173043260. To understand the historical process of the reducing of the Nayakas as an open status group into a mere shell of what they had formerly been and the growth of respective caste identities, the Telugu Balija caste and its history may give an important clue. Many Nayakas, including the three major Nayakas in the Tamil area and the Nayakas of Cannapattana, Beluru, and Rayadurga in the Kannada area, are said to have been Telugu Balijas.

[3] 
M. Shama Rao, ed. (1936). From the beginning to 1868. Higginbothams. p. 349.

L. Krishna Anantha Krishna Iyer, ed. (1935). The Mysore Tribes and Castes. Vol. 1. Mittal Publications. p. 104. The Belur ( Balam ) chiefs in the south with their capital at Aigur ( Manjarabad ).

[13] M. Shama Rao, ed. (1936). From the beginning to 1868. Higginbothams. p. 349.

[14] L. Krishna Anantha Krishna Iyer, ed. (1935). The Mysore Tribes and Castes. Vol. 1. Mittal Publications. p. 104. The Belur ( Balam ) chiefs in the south with their capital at Aigur ( Manjarabad ).

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