Sala (Hoysala Dynasty)

Sala
Hoy, Sala Founder of Hoysala Dynasty
BornSosevuru (Angadi), Chikkamagaluru District Karnataka
DynastyHoysala Dynasty
ReligionJainism

Sala is the legendary founder of the Hoysala dynasty of Karnataka, India. He is remembered for the famous story in which he killed a tiger (or lion) on the command of his Jain preceptor, an act that is said to have given the dynasty its name.

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