Veera Ballala III

Veera Ballala III (c. 1262–1342), son of Narasimha III, was the last great king of the Hoysala dynasty, ruling from Dwarasamudra. He warred with the Yadavas of Devagiri and the Pandyas of Madurai. In 1311 Malik Kafur, general of the Delhi sultan Alauddin Khalji, sacked Dwarasamudra and forced Ballala to pay tribute; a second Delhi invasion plundered the capital around 1327.

He later built a new capital on the Tungabhadra. In 1342 he was defeated, captured and killed at Kannanur by the sultan of Madurai.