Hoysala Capital System

Timeline

1. c. 1026–1110Belur · KarnatakaIn its early period the Hoysala polity used Belur as its religious and administrative center, beginning construction of stone temples such as the Chikkesvara temple, forming a southern capital model combining temple and market.
2. 1108–1135Hoysala temple capital (Belur–Halebidu) · Hassan districtVishnuvardhana vigorously built star-shaped platform temples; between 1131 and 1140 the temple complexes of Belur and Halebidu flourished, with the capital radiating agricultural and trade networks centered on religious architecture, reaching the peak of medieval South Indian art.
3. c. 1150–1311Dorasamudra (present-day Halebidu) · KarnatakaThe capital was moved to Dorasamudra, where monumental structures such as the Hoysaleswara Temple were completed, and the Hoysala temple-city system reached its zenith until it was sacked by northern Muslim armies in the early 14th century.
4. c. 1343Hoysala temple ruins · IndiaThe Hoysala polity was replaced by the Kalachuris (Bhimaraja dynasty), and the capital system disintegrated; its temple-building traditions and local governance experience provided an important cultural and political legacy for the rise of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century.