Brahmagiri

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Brahmagiri

Hill in the Molakalmuru taluk of Chitaldroog District, Mysore, situated in 14° 48' N. and 76° 49' E. Here, in 1892, were discovered Asoka edicts engraved on a great boulder. Isila, to the authorities of which they are addressed, may be the ' .Sidda- ' of Siddapura, the village close by on the west. A fort on the hill, called Haneyakote, was held by the Chola chiefs of Nidugal, when it was taken by the Hoysala king Ballala at the end of the twelfth century.